Super veggie cottage pie

Name: Super veggie cottage pie
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 × 400 g/14 oz tin chopped tomatoes; 500 ml/17 fl oz/2 cups vegetable stock; 3 tbsp tomato purée; 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce (vegetarian if necessary); 1 bay leaf; 100 g/3½ oz chestnut mushrooms, diced; 2 sticks celery, finely chopped; 2 sprigs fresh rosemary; flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1.4 kg/2 lb 4 oz mixed root vegetables (potatoes, parsnip and sweet potatoes – the quantity of each is up to you); 1 × 400 g/14 oz tin haricot or cannellini beans, drained; flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 150 g/5½ oz quinoa; 1 × 400 g/14 oz tin haricot or cannellini beans, drained; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup red wine (or extra stock of preferred); 150 g/5½ oz dried green lentils; 3 tbsp milk; 40 g/1½ oz butter, plus extra for baking; 1.4 kg/2 lb 4 oz mixed root vegetables (potatoes, parsnip and sweet potatoes – the quantity of each is up to you); 1.4 kg/2 lb 4 oz mixed root vegetables (potatoes, parsnip and sweet potatoes – the quantity of each is up to you); 1.4 kg/2 lb 4 oz mixed root vegetables (potatoes, parsnip and sweet potatoes – the quantity of each is up to you); 2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed (canola) oil; 2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed (canola) oil; 2 carrots, grated; 1 large leek, finely chopped; 2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed (canola) oil; 2 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed (canola) oil

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

The Flexible Family Cookbook

By Jo Pratt

Published 2020

About

This is a delicious twist on a classic oven-baked comfort dish. It’s packed full of nutritional goodness from numerous tasty veggies, beans, quinoa and lentils, and contains no meat at all. I’ve served this to many a meat eater who didn’t miss, or even notice, the lack of meat at all! It may appear to be a lengthy list of ingredients but they are all wonderfully good for you, and the method is nice and simple, so don’t be put off.

Ingredients

Main course
Pie
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Ingredients

Method