
I have been wanting to publish a shepherdess pie recipe for over 5 years now but for some reason I thought I didn’t like shepherdess pie. I was wrong. This recipe I created together with a fabulous client, Ben, and we have made a sensational dish here. I can’t wait to cook it again next week.
Shepardess Pie
Ingredients
½ cup adzuki beans soaked overnight (or other red beans)
½ cup roughly chopped walnuts for the TVP
1 tbsp oil
5 cloves garlic
½ large leek cut into rounds
1 carrot diced
Handful beans cut small
3 stalks celery cut small
½ cup peas
6 fresh sage leaves or 2 tsp dried sage
1 tsp dried thyme
3 tbsp flour
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp tamari
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Pepper
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
For Mash
6 large potatoes, peeled or washed well and chopped roughly
4 tbsp vegan butter
Up to ½ cup soy milk
Optional topping
Pepita sprinkle (1 cup pepitas, ½ cup nutritional yeast, 1 tsp garlic powder and 1 tsp salt)
Method
Cook the beans following bean cooking instructions.
- Fry the leek and in the olive oil and 1 tsp salt for 5 minutes or until the onion has sweated. Add the sage and thyme and fry for 2 minutes. Next, add the celery and carrots, apple cider vinegar, tamari, ¼ tsp ground ginger, ¼ tsp cinnamon, pepper and 1 cup of water.
- Cook for 3 minutes, then add the peas and beans and cook for a further few minutes. Then the cooked adzuki beans and TVP or walnuts. Cook for a few minutes. Add salt and pepper. If dry, add some more water.
- Mix the flour in 3 tbsp of the stew water or filtered water and then stir into the stew and cook for 5 minutes. Add the 2 tbsp nutritional yeast. You may have to add more water and salt and pepper seasoning.
- For the mash, cook the potatoes in salted water and cook well. Mash them and add 2 tbsp of butter and stir in, then add milk, a little bit at a time.
- Spoon the stew into the casserole dish. To stop the stew from bubbling over, spoon the remaining vegan butter on top in small pieces or spoonfuls.
- Spread the mash on top and add the sprinkle if you wish.
- Bake in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until warmed through.