Lentil Shepherd's Pie
Lentil Shepherd's Pie

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil shepherd's pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Add the remaining lentil mixture ingredients except for the lentils and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. My lentil shepherd's pie is topped with garlic mashed potatoes taking it to the next level of awesomeness! The ultimate Vegan Lentil Shepherd's Pie featuring rich, flavourful, saucy lentils topped with fluffy, creamy mashed potatoes & baked until deliciously golden brown & crispy.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook lentil shepherd's pie using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Prepare Ingredients for potato topping: -
  2. Get 4 no medium size potatoes boiled and peeled
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup milk
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
  5. Get 1/4 tsp salt
  6. Take Ingredients for making lentil stuffing:-
  7. Make ready 1 1/2 cup cooked green french lentil/sabut masoor dal
  8. Take 1 large size carrot
  9. Make ready 1 stalk celery
  10. Prepare 1 medium size onion
  11. Get 3 tbsp tomato paste
  12. Prepare 2 no garlic cloves
  13. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
  14. Make ready 1/2 cup peas
  15. Take 1 cup pomegranate Juice
  16. Take 1/2-3/4 cup vegetable broth/water
  17. Take 1 tsp thyme leaves dried
  18. Take 1 tsp garlic powder
  19. Prepare Salt and black pepper powder as per taste
  20. Make ready 2-3 tbsp chopped celery leaves

The bulgur releases just enough starch to bind the lentil- and mushroom-packed filling together. Seriously flavorful Lentil Shepherd's Pie, seasoned lentils cooked with carrot and peas in a delicious sauce and topped with creamy and fluffy garlic mashed potatoes. Shepherd's Pie is usually made with ground lamb, but for an easy, convenient, low cost, and healthy alternative, we are swapping the lamb for French Green Lentils. The lentils provide plenty of protein.

Steps to make Lentil Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Chop onion, carrot, garlic and celery in small pieces in separate bowls and keep aside.
  2. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high flame.
  3. Put a pinch of salt and black pepper in hot oil along with chopped vegetables and keep stirring continuously for 6-7 minutes until the vegetables are cooked properly.
  4. Once the vegetables are cooked, add pomegranate juice and cook till it is over.
  5. Slow down the heat,add cooked lentils, peas, tomatoes paste, 1/2 cups vegetable broth, thyme, garlic powder, salt and black pepper and cook on low flame stirring continuously for 5 minutes.
  6. If the pulses become very dry, mix 1/4 cup broth more and mix well.Remove from flame and keep it aside.
  7. In a big bowl add boiled potatoes and mash with the help of masher.
  8. Add milk,oil, salt and pepper in mashed potatoes and mix well.
  9. Preheat the oven for 200 minutes at 10 minutes.
  10. Put the prepared mixture of lentils in ramkins or baking dish and put a layer of potato mixture over it.
  11. Bake at 200 * C for 10-15 minutes.Broil the potatoes for two more minutes to make it crispy.
  12. Once done remove from the oven,garnish with chopped celery leaves and serve hot.

This lentil shepherd's pie is an easy shepherd's pie recipe with lentils. Put the lentils into an ovenproof baking dish, cover with the mash, smoothing over with a fork. I first made this Lentil Shepherd's Pie when Finn was in the early stages of eating solids and preferred softer foods. The pie is lovely and soft making it perfect for both spoon-fed and baby-led weaning. This deep dish of comfort food uses a combination of earthy lentils and mushrooms, cooked with a good dose of red wine.

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