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Lentil Cottage Pie – Pritchard’s Proper Vegan

It’s starting to get cold out there!!! So here is a proper hearty winter warmer for you all

Ingredients:
1 x Red Onion
1 x Courgette
4 x Carrots
3 x Peppers
1 x tin of tomatoes
Fresh tomatoes
200g of Green Lentils
Veggie Stock
2 x Bay Leaves
1 teaspoon of Smoked Paprika
Tomato Puree
Around 8 good sized Potatoes

A Piping Kit (although not 100% necessary)

How to make it:

1. Prepare all of the veg, chopping it up into nice chunky pieces

2. Transfer all the prepped veg into a pre-heated oiled pan (Pritch uses Rape-seed oil)

3. Sweat the veg for around 5 mins

4. In the meantime, prep your potatoes and add to boiling water.

5. Make up approx half a jar of vegi stock.

6. Season, and simmer the veg for a another 10 mins.

Then add the stock and tinned tomatoes and a dessert spoon of tomato puree.

Add the lentils and let simmer for 5 mins

Add a teaspoon of smoked paprika and 2 bay leaves, and mix in.

Mash up your boiled potatoes, add some dairy free spread.

Once the green lentils have grown in size and sucked up some of the liquid, add it to a bowl and pipe your potato as a topping. Be careful as it’ll be hot!

Pre heat the oven to 200F and put in the oven for 45 mins.

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