Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 500 g vegetarian ground beef
• 1/2 red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 3 button mushrooms, sliced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup parsley, chopped
• salt and pepper, to taste
• olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded (optional)

Recipe

• 1 boil the potatoes in a medium saucepan until cooked.
• 2 meanwhile, heat some oil in a frying pan and saute the celery, mushrooms, red pepper and spring onions for two minutes.
• 3 add the vegetarian"beef" along with the water and stock cube.
• 4 let simmer for further 5 minutes.
• 5 add flour and simmer until thickened.
• 6 when potatoes are cooked, mash together with butter, milk, parsley, salt and pepper.
• 7 pour contents of frying pan into a casserole dish.
• 8 top with mashed potatoes and sprinkle with cheese, if desired.
• 9 broil in your oven for about 5 minutes or until brown on top.