Veggie shepherd's pie with sweet potato mash

Veggie shepherd's pie with sweet potato mash

The secret to this shepherd's pie’s filling is to choose big carrots so they don’t lose their texture when cooked

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Ready in 45 mins
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a frying pan, then fry the onion until golden. Add the carrots and all but a sprinkling of thyme. Pour in the wine, 150ml water and the tomatoes, then sprinkle in the stock cubes and simmer for 10 mins. Tip in the can of lentils, including their juice, then cover and simmer for another 10 mins until the carrots still have a bit of bite and the lentils are pulpy.
  2. Meanwhile, boil the sweet potatoes for 15 mins until tender, drain well, then mash with the butter and season to taste. Pile the lentil mixture into a pie dish, spoon the mash on top, then sprinkle over the cheese and remaining thyme. The pie can now be covered and chilled for 2 days, or frozen for up to a month.
  3. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cook for 20 mins if cooking straight away, or for 40 mins from chilled, until golden and hot all the way through. Serve with broccoli.
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Per serving

531 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 79.6g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 12g, sugar 31g, salt 3.95 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2007.

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  • 14 December 2012

    AMANDA rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Mmmmmmmm......lovely. A really nice, easy to make, winter meal. I love the sweet potato topping but my husband prefers just mashed potato with cheese. Either way, mmmmmm

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  • 19 December 2012

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  • 22 December 2012

    Bigwig rated and commented on this recipe

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    This really is a gorgeous recipe, very tasty and a big hit in out house.

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    25 December 2012

    Nat rated and commented on this recipe

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    My carnivore boyfriend said this was excellent. A very gratifying recipe.

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  • 28 December 2012

    Svetlana rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I didn't really want to rate this recipe because the reviews are so good, but I found the lentils a bit bland and waaay too much liquid even after cooking it uncovered for 20 minutes!

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  • 02 January 2013

    acooke commented on this recipe

    Can anyone tell me if it would still taste nice if I freeze it? Thanks

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  • 05 January 2013

    Grr85 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I'm a dreadful cook however I decided to try and cheer the boy up after a rubbish day at work and attempt to make something nice for tea :) This was SO easy and SO tasty! He was mad impressed as was I. Now I have two dishes I can cook! Ha ha! New favourite. Mmmn hmmn!

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  • 14 January 2013

    Clare blt rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    One of my favourites! I love the crunch the melted cheese gives the sweet potatoes. And the lentil filling is really tasty too.

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  • 22 January 2013

    Bethanwy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is one of my favourite recipes - it's my go to dish whenever I feel I need to up by vegatable intake! I do tend to use some normal potatoes in with the sweet ones. Not masses as I don't want to lose the flavour, but just one or two little ones to get the texture right.

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  • 28 January 2013

    Fridays cook rated this recipe

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  • 02 February 2013

    livvips rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The flavour of this was amazing and it was so easy to make. However in my opinion the carrots need to be parboiled before adding to the other ingredients otherwise they still have too much bite once it has been baked. Will definitely be making again!

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  • 03 February 2013

    JoannaVienna rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My son made this at school in his Food Tech class as a 'budget meal'. We loved it, but his class mates weren't so sure about the chunks of carrot. I'm making it for dinner tonight and will try grating the carrots instead. I'll leave out the wine too. No sweet potatoes, so we'll have ordinary spuds with a bit of celeriac.

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  • 08 February 2013

    Ellie Bee rated and commented on this recipe

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    Is it okay to reheat this?

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  • 21 February 2013

    mrbenfilymargret rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Delicious! And a great way to use up leftovers. I used chopped fresh tomatoes instead of a tin, and added courgette and mushrooms to the mixture. I also used a blend of cheddar and mozzarella for the topping. I think it'll work better with whole shallots instead of onions though.

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  • 21 February 2013

    ch7oe rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious recepie. First time cook looking to make some healthy dinners and decided on this one. Added mushrooms, mixed herbs, garlic and a dash of worcester sauce but reduced the amount of 'lentil juice' as previous comments stated the mixture could be a bit runny. Would reccommend this dish to everyone, will cook this many times in the future!

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  • 27 February 2013

    CathH rated and commented on this recipe

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    Easy to make and very very tasty!! My meat eating husband loves it.

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  • 28 February 2013

    Katharine rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is delicious, I loved the sweetness of the mash

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  • 06 March 2013

    E-Bou rated and commented on this recipe

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    Love this! Don't add the water unless it's too thick and cook the lentil mixture without the lid, otherwise it's runny. My meat-eating chef husband really likes this pie!!!

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  • Binder photo Soj

    14 March 2013

    Soj rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this dish exactly as instructed and it was delicious! Perfect for a light dinner. Had enough to make 2 pies so froze one (the smaller one) and had it another night as a side dish with some good quality sausages.

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  • 21 March 2013

    Bethanwy commented on this recipe

    I've been making this ever since I saw it in the magazine years ago. My favourite thing about it is how many people haven't noticed that it's vegitarian until after they've eaten.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Ready in 45 mins
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Great comfort food

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large onion , halved and sliced
  • 2 large carrots (500g/1lb 2oz in total), cut into sugar-cube size pieces
  • 2 tbsp thyme chopped
  • 200ml red wine
  • 400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 2 vegetable stock cubes
  • 410g can green lentils
  • 950g sweet potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks
  • 25g butter
  • 85g vegetarian mature cheddar , grated
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Per serving

531 kcalories, protein 16g, carbohydrate 79.6g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 12g, sugar 31g, salt 3.95 g

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