Veggie cottage pie

dbrookf

Anyone got a particularly good recipe for this please?

-taff

No but if I were going to make one, I'd definitely put porcini mushrooms in. Lidl were selling them on their Italian week before quite cheaply. They'll probably come round again.

Were you after a quorn or TVP version or a proper veg one?

Brambling

I haven't made it for a few years but Sarah Browns recipe for red dragon pie is a good one, her book is now out of print but I've found it on this blog 

https://www.shoestringcottage.com/sarah-browns-red-dragon-pie/

dbrookf

-taff said:

No but if I were going to make one, I'd definitely put porcini mushrooms in. Lidl were selling them on their Italian week before quite cheaply. They'll probably come round again.

Were you after a quorn or TVP version or a proper veg one?

Don’t miss either!

dbrookf

dbrookf said:

-taff said:

No but if I were going to make one, I'd definitely put porcini mushrooms in. Lidl were selling them on their Italian week before quite cheaply. They'll probably come round again.

Were you after a quorn or TVP version or a proper veg one?

Don’t miss either!

MIND either!!

dbrookf

Brambling said:

I haven't made it for a few years but Sarah Browns recipe for red dragon pie is a good one, her book is now out of print but I've found it on this blog 

https://www.shoestringcottage.com/sarah-browns-red-dragon-pie/

Looks interesting- thanks!

JIL

I use tinned brown lentils and quorn mince as the meat substitute. 
So just a base of sauted onions, mushrooms, carrots a little tomato puree, add in the quorn and tinned lentils and some flavourings, (red wine always gives depth) gravy granules and water and simmer. 
Top with mash and then cheese and sometimes cheese mixed with breadcrumbs.
I always bake mine for a good 40 mins.  And its always better the next day. Always better with brown sauce.

joedenise

I've cooked some 10 dried bean mix which I'm going to use to make a mixed bean goulash (from Jack Monroe's website) and if there's any LO then I think I'm going to use that as a basis for cottage pie.  Will make a change from just lentils.

Debran

I think this recipe may have its origins on this site:

Shepherdless Pie

 Kit required: oven proof dish, approximately 10 inches by 6 inches with a depth of at least 2 and a half inches.

 Ingredients

 130g frozen parsnips, roasted as per packet instructions and cut into 2cm pieces

160g onion, diced

240g carrots diced

170g green lentils

2 teaspoons marmite made into a stock with approx 700ml hot water

50 ml veg oil

garlic, salt, pepper

1 dessertspoon of dried oregano

500g potato sliced into 3mm thick slices and par boiled for 10 mins

 Method

 Put parsnip in the oven to roast. Meanwhile, fry onion, garlic, carrot for a few mins until browned, then add lentils, stir until oil and garlic is absorbed, then add the water, oregano and stock. Cook for 40ish mins until the lentils are soft to the tooth and have absorbed all the water and stock, add parsnips. Taste and adjust seasonings if needed, your stock may be salty enough and therefore not needed.

 Fill an oven dish with your lentil and vegetable mixture. Season your potato slices, then layer them on top of the lentil mixture.

 Bake for 15 mins at gas 6, 200 deg C until tops of potato are crispy and browned.

 

I used one large fresh parsnip, roasted instead of the frozen parsnips suggested.  Used 160 g of red lentils instead of 170 g of green lentils.  I used three small cloves of garlic and mixed herbs instead of oregano.  Soy sauce instead of Marmite might work if you can’t stand Marmite  I brushed the tops of the potatoes with melted butter before putting the dish in the oven.

joedenise

That recipe did originate from this thread.  I had thought about posting it but as the OP was asking for cottage pie I felt it wasn't really that - it's more like a hot pot with the sliced potatoes on the top.  The thread started years ago by Weezl74 but Thifty Lesley has revived the menu plans on her website (https://cheapfamilyrecipes.co.uk)

There are lots of cheap, and veggie meals on the site.

Sky_

This one https://minimalistbaker.com/1-hour-vegan-shepherds-pie/ from minimalist baker is very quick and tastes amazing

It's vegan rather than veggie but pretty it's flexible--I just use the (mostly frozen) vegetables I have in, rather than shopping specifically for mixed veg.