How to make Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie
Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie is a meatless version of a classic dish. Learn how to make Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie that is easy to make, a great comfort food with medley of vegetables baked in delicious tomato sauce and layered with mashed potato.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 carrot diced into small pieces
- 2 florets Broccoli cut into bite-sized pieces
- 8 Green beans
- 10 Button Mushrooms diced
- 1 Green Zucchini diced
- 1/2 cup Mix bell peppers diced
- 2 Onion chopped
- 6 garlic flakes minced
- 3-4 Tomatoes diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red chilli powder
- 1/8 cup Water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Pepper powder
- 6 Fresh basil leaves roughly torn with hands
- For the mash potatoes
- 2 Potatoes boiled and peeled
- 1 sweet potato boiled and peeled
- 1 tablespoon Softened butter
- 1 cup Milk hot
- Salt and Pepper as per taste
- Other ingredients
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp Red chili flakes
- 1 tsp olive oil to grease the baking dish
Instructions
To prepare the Shepherd's Pie filling
- First clean, wash and chop all the vegetables as mentioned in the list above. Keep it aside.
- To begin, heat oil in a heavy bottom pan over medium heat, add chopped onion and garlic. Saute for a couple of minutes until onions are softened. No need to brown the onions and garlic here.
- To this add chopped tomatoes and cook till they turn soft and mushy. Once done add roughly torn basil leaves. Transfer this to a bowl and keep it aside.
- Next, in the same pan add some olive oil. Add chopped carrots, French beans, Zucchini, Broccoli, Mushrooms and Bell peppers one by one. Saute for 3 - 4 minutes until vegetables are lightly softened.
- After a while, you will notice liquids begin to release from veges and it will look saucy.
- Season the vegetable mixture with salt and pepper as per your taste. Stir the vegetable mixture, add water if required and allow it to simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes until vegetables are cooked upto 90 %.
- To this add prepared tomato sauce. Keep stirring until the vegetables are incorporated well with the tomatoes.
- Meanwhile let's prepare the mashed potato topping for Shepherd's pie.
To prepare the mashed potato filling
- Place the boiled and peeled potatoes and sweet potato in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add butter.
- Use a fork and mash the potatoes. Add milk little by little until you get a smooth consistency of the potatoes.
To assemble the pie
- Preheat oven at 190° C for 10 minutes.
- In a greased oven proof baking dish spread the vegetable filling evenly to the bottom.
- Top it up with mashed potato mix over the vegetable filling, spread it gently using the back of the spoon.
- Now to give it a decorative look, you can use fork to create design over the mashed potatoes.
- Sprinkle some Parmesan cheese and chili flakes over it.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until the top potato layer turns light brown in color.
- Once done, remove the pie from the oven and serve hot.
- You can make ahead vegetable and mashed potatoes filling and just bake it in the oven when you are ready to serve.
- This makes for a great dinner recipe or even as a main course.