Cook the Book: Shepherd's Pie

Name: Cook the Book: Shepherd's Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 473 milliliters cooked brown lentils; 0 teaspoons dried thyme; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 283 grams package frozen mixed vegetables; 1 clove garlic, minced; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 177 milliliters chopped onion; 473 milliliters mashed potatoes (homemade or from potato flakes); 0 teaspoons salt, or to taste; 315 milliliters vegetable broth (homemade or store-bought); 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

The recipe Cook the Book: Shepherd's Pie is ready in approximately 45 minutes and is definitely a spectacular vegan option for lovers of Scottish food. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 312 calories, 15g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe serves 4. It works well as a very reasonably priced main course. If you have potatoes, vegetable oil, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the potatoes you could follow this main course with the Sweet Potatoes Scones as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan.

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Loaf Pan

Oven

In a 1 1/2-quart sauce pan, heat the oil over medium-high heat.

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Sauce

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the onions and garlic; cook, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes.

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Garlic

Onion

Add the flour until absorbed.

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All Purpose Flour

Add the broth, thyme, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring, until the mixture comes to a boil. Stir in the lentils and mixed vegetables. Spoon into the pan.

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Mixed Vegetables

Lentils

Pepper

Broth

Thyme

Salt

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Frying Pan

Place the potatoes into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe the potatoes around the edge of the pan, then fill in, leaving a hole in the middle to vent.

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Potato