How to Make Appetizing Cottage Pie (Vegan)

Cottage Pie (Vegan). Simple, hearty and satisfying vegan cottage pie. Layered tomato veggie mince sauce, baked butternut and roasted garlic mashed potatoes make a filling and delicious dinner. This Vegan Shepherd's Pie (or Vegan Cottage Pie) is true comfort food for fall and for winter with rainbow carrots, zucchini (courgette) and eggplant (aubergine) topped with creamy vegan mashed.

Watch our Vivera & Guinness Cottage Pie with Basil Mash vegan recipe. Just so you know, this is a Cottage Pie as apposed to a Shepherd's Pie. This freezes really well - I use foil trays, either large trays for a family meal, or individual trays to serve one or two. You can cook Cottage Pie (Vegan) using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie (Vegan)

1. You need 1 of Onion, finely chopped.
2. Prepare 2 of Carrots, finely chopped.
3. Prepare 2 of Garlic cloves, crushed.
4. It's 2 Tbsp of tomato purée.
5. You need 800 g of Chopped tomato (2 cans).
6. It's 2 Tsp of dried thyme.
7. Prepare 150 g of Dried red lentils.
8. Prepare 700 ml of Vegetable stock.
9. It's 400 g of Potato, mashed.
10. It's 2 of Spring onions.
11. It's 50 g of Soya mince (optional).

You can then either defrost before cooking, or else. Warm, hearty, and comforting, this vegetarian Cottage Pie is packed with lentils, mushrooms, veggies and herbs. Would people be interested in shifting traditions to a vegetarian (or vegan) feast? Good old family classic cottage pie made vegan friendly and is a perfect family comfort food dish for a chilly day.

Cottage Pie (Vegan) instructions

1. Heat onions & carrots in a large pan with a small amount of vegetable stock. Cook for 5-10 mins, until softened. Then add garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes..
2. Stir in tomato purée, chopped tomatoes, thyme, lentils & the remaining vegetable stock, then simmer for 25-30 minutes until the mixture is reduced and creamy. Season to taste..
3. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200 degrees, cook potatoes & mash (Add dairy free spread & dash of almond milk for a creamy tasting mash). Then stir in the spring onion and season to taste..
4. Pour the lentil mixture into an ovenproof dish and spread evenly. Top with the mash potato and bake for 15-20 minutes, until crisp and golden..
5. Serve with seasonal vegetables..

So, try this vegetarian cottage pie and I promise you'll be impressed! Vegetarians and vegans made up a meat-free version of this pie, and they usually (and funny enough) call it a shepherdless pie. Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie with mushrooms, carrots, peas, gravy and baked under creamy mashed potatoes. ♡ Plant based! Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie! ♡ Ay yay yaaaay. This is good..with the kind of refrigeration we had in our homes, cooked meat could be kept much more safely than raw.