Vegetarian Shepherd Pie

Name: Vegetarian Shepherd Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Ingredients: 300g green or brown lentils; 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 400g crushed tomatoes; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tsp dried thyme; 1 tsp dried rosemary; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1.2kg floury potatoes, mashed with butter and cream; 3 tbsp olive oil

A hearty lentil and vegetable filling, topped with creamy mashed potato and baked until golden, ultimate comfort food.

Total time

80 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Vegetarian

vegetarian

Ingredients

300ggreen or brown lentils

2carrots, diced

2 stalkscelery, diced

1large onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

400gcrushed tomatoes

2 tbsptomato paste

1 tspdried thyme

1 tspdried rosemary

2 tbspWorcestershire sauce

1.2kgfloury potatoes, mashed with butter and cream

3 tbspolive oil

Instructions

Fry onion, carrot and celery in oil 10 minutes until soft.

Add garlic, thyme and rosemary, cook 2 minutes.

Add lentils, tomatoes, paste, Worcestershire and 400ml water.

Simmer covered 30 minutes until lentils are tender.

Season generously and transfer to a baking dish.

Top with creamy mashed potato.

Fork the surface and drizzle with olive oil.

Bake at 200C for 25 minutes until top is golden.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

383

Protein

8.1g

Fat

10.9g

Carbs

64.8g

Fiber

10g

Sodium

139mg

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