LENTILSHEPHERDS PIE RECIPE

This recipe will teach you how to make Lentil Shepherds Pie. It is a quick and easy recipe to make. What a wonderful tasting vegetarian shepherds pie this is. The flavours of the lentils, onion, garlic, tomatoes, vegetable stock, red wine, carrot, peas, parsley goes into making this pie so tasty and then top it with potato and it is really sensational.

Lentil Shepherds Pie Ingredients

40g butter
1 cup water
2/3 cup red lentils
2 Tbs tomato paste
1/3 cup dry red wine
1 clove crushed garlic
1 cup vegetable stock
1 onion chopped finely
1 carrot chopped finely
800g potatoes quartered
415g can crushed tomatoes
1/2 cup frozen peas thawed
1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat leaf parsely

Lentil Shepherds Pie Method

First thing to do is preheat the oven to hot. Steam potatoes until tender then drain. Mash in a large bowl with half of the butter. Melt remaining butter in medium deep frying pan and cook the onion and garlic. Stir until onion softens then add undrained tomatoes, stock, water, paste, wine, lentils and carrot and bring them to the boil then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Add peas and parsely keep cooking uncovered for another 5 minutes. Spoon the lentil mixture into a shallow 4 cup ovenproof dish. Spread the mash potatoes on top and bake the Lentil Shepherds Pie uncovered in the hot oven for 20 minutes. Let pie stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy your freshly made Lentil Shepherds Pie!

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