{"id":873,"date":"2019-11-25T13:39:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/?p=873"},"modified":"2019-11-25T13:39:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T13:39:48","slug":"meat-free-recipe-vegetarian-shepherds-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/meat-free-recipe-vegetarian-shepherds-pie\/meat-free-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Meat Free Recipe: Vegetarian Shepherd\u2019s Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ingredients<\/strong>
\n2 red onions
\n2 carrots
\n2 sticks of celery
\n2 cloves of garlic
\na small bunch of fresh rosemary
\n2 x 400 g tins of lentils
\nolive oil
\n1 x 400 g tin of plum tomatoes
\n200 ml vegetable stock, preferably organic
\n1.5 kg Desiree potatoes
\nsea salt and freshly ground black pepper
\n150 g Cheddar cheese or vegan cheese, grated
\n100 ml whole milk or soya milk
\na large knob of butter or vegan margarine
\n1 fresh nutmeg, for grating<\/p>\n

\"Vegetarian<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong>
\nPeel and roughly chop the onions and carrots.<\/p>\n

Trim and roughly chop the celery.<\/p>\n

Peel and finely chop the garlic cloves.<\/p>\n

Pick the rosemary leaves, discard the stalks. Finely chop half of leaves, put the rest to one side.<\/p>\n

Drain the lentils.<\/p>\n

Heat a large pan on a medium heat. Add a good lug of olive oil and the onions, carrots, celery and garlic. Cook gently with the lid on for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until softened.<\/p>\n

Add the chopped rosemary leaves, tinned tomatoes and stock and stir well. Bring to the boil, then add the drained lentils, reduce to a low heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes, or until thick and delicious.<\/p>\n

Peel the potatoes, cut them into halves and quarters depending on their size, and put them into a pan of salted, boiling water. Boil for about 10 minutes until tender. Stick a knife into them to check they\u2019re soft all the way through.<\/p>\n

Drain in a colander and return them to the pan.<\/p>\n

Grate the cheese. Add the milk, butter, most of the cheese and a pinch of salt and pepper to the pan. Finely grate in a few scrapings of nutmeg. Mash until smooth and creamy.<\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 190\u00baC\/375\u00baF\/gas mark 5.<\/p>\n

Transfer the lentil mixture to a large ovenproof baking dish. Spoon the mash evenly over the top, poke the remaining rosemary leaves into it to decorate and drizzle with olive oil.<\/p>\n

Sprinkle with the remaining grated cheese, then cook in the hot oven for 30 minutes, or until golden and bubbling.<\/p>\n

Serve with broccoli or some lovely peas.<\/p>\n

Recipe courtesy of Jamie Oliver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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