The Best Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie You'll Ever Make
A delicious vegetarian alternative to the pie we all love to eat during the holiday season and Christmas!
Equipment
- 1 Retangular Baking Dish 31.6cm (l) x 18cm (w) x 5.1cm (h) (this is with handle, or 26cm long without)
Ingredients
For The Mince
- 1 tbsp avocado oil
- 1 medium onion macedonise cut
- 4-5 cloves garlic brunoise cut
- 2 small tomatoes carre cut
- 120 grams carrots mirepoix cut
- 340 grams Impossible Meat
- 120 grams frozen peas
- 2 tbsps vegan seasoning Nuoc Mam Chay Plant-Based Fish Sauce (Dairy and Gluten Free)
- 3/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt
- 1 tsp sumac
- 1 tsp dried thyme you may use fresh too
- crushed red pepper as per taste and spice
Creamy Potatoes
- 750 grams potatoes parmentier cut
- 1 tsp salt for boiling
- 1/2 tsp salt for seasoning
- 2 tbsp butter
- 4 tbsp cream
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- paprika to taste
- dried rosemary to taste
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling water, add the salt for boiling, the potatoes, and boil the potatoes until it can easily be mashed with the back of a fork
For The Mince
- In another wide high-quality non-stick pan, heat up the oil
- Sauté the onions until translucent
- Add the tomatoes and garlic, and sauté until the water from the tomatoes evaporate
- Add the carrots, and sauté until it turns tender
- Add the Impossible Meat, and sauté until it starts to brown.
- Add the peas, and sauté again until the water evaporates.
- Pour in the Nhau and Co Vegan Seasoning, and mix it in thoroughly.
- Sprinkle in all the remaining seasoning, and mix thoroughly again.
- Set this aside to cool
For The Potatoes
- Now, for the potatoes. Drain all the water from the boiled potatoes.
- Place the potatoes in a bowl, with the butter, cream, salt, rosemary, paprika.
- Using a potato masher, mash the potatoes until smooth, and set aside.
Assembling The Shepherds Pie
- In the baking dish, line the bottom with the vegetable mince and flatten it out until it reaches about 2 inches in thickness.
- Gently add the mashed potatoes on top, and smooth it out with a spatula. This should be another 1.5 inches in thickness.
- Using the top edge of the fork, scrape the potatoes from edge to edge, creating the lines you see in the image
- Add an extra 1 tsp of Vegan Seasoning before placing it in the oven
- Bake this in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 175°C