Steps to Prepare Ultimate Vegetarian cottage pie

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, vegetarian cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Vegetarian cottage pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Vegetarian cottage pie is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook vegetarian cottage pie using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vegetarian cottage pie:

1. Get Filling
2. Take 1 small onion
3. Prepare 2 cloves garlic
4. Make ready 1 celery stick
5. Prepare 200 g celeriac
6. Make ready 200 g swede
7. Make ready 1 parsnip
8. Make ready 2 carrots
9. Get 200 g cooked lentils (I used brown)
10. Make ready 2 tsp curry powder
11. Make ready 1 tsp chilli flakes (I used chipotle)
12. Take 175 ml red wine
13. Take 500 ml veg stock
14. Make ready 1 tsp cornflour (see tip)
15. Make ready 2 bay leaves
16. Take 1 tbsp fresh thyme
17. Get Seasoning
18. Make ready 1 tbsp tomato purée
19. Take Potato topping
20. Get 750 g potatoes
21. Prepare Splash milk
22. Make ready Knob butter
23. Make ready Cheese of choice for grating

Instructions to make Vegetarian cottage pie:

1. Finely chop the onion, garlic and celery and fry in a little olive oil over a medium heat in a heavy based pan with a lid until soft
2. While the onion is cooking, peel and chop the remaining veg into small cubes. Then add to the pan with a little salt and cook for 10-12 minutes until the veg starts to soften (you might want to cover loosely with a lid)
3. Turn up the heat to high and add the curry power and chilli flakes, fry for 30 secs and coat the veg, then add the red wine and herbs and reduce by half.
4. Once reduced, turn the heat back down to medium/low. Add the stock, lentils, tomato purée and cornflour and cook covered with a Loose lid for 20-30 minutes, until the veg softens (time will depend on how large you chop the veg)
5. Meanwhile make the mash topping by peeling and chopping the potatoes into equal sizes, covering with cold water and a half teaspoon of salt and bringing to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat, cover with a loose lid and cook until soft.
6. Once soft, drain and mash the potatoes with a splash of milk and the butter. Then preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
7. Now time to assemble the pie. Put the mixture in a deep tray, cover with the mash and top with finely grated cheese. Bake for 30 minutes until golden 😋

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