Steps to Make Any-night-of-the-week Vegan Cottage Pie

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, Recipe of Homemade Vegan Cottage Pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Vegan Cottage Pie is 4 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have Vegan Cottage Pie using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Since my discovery of dry soy meat (mince type) at a local Asian grocery store, I have been cooking mince dishes replacing the mince with soy meat. The texture of soy meat is very similar to meat mince, and this cottage pie seems to be quite satisfying even for meat lovers.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Get to make Vegan Cottage Pie:

1. 100 g Dry Soy Meat (Soy Protein) *mince type
2. 2 tablespoons Oil
3. 1 Onion *finely chopped
4. 2 cloves Garlic *finely chopped
5. 1 Carrot *cut into peas & corn size
6. 1 Celery stalk *finely chopped
7. Thyme or herb of your choice as required
8. 4 Mushrooms *finely chopped
9. 1/2 red Capsicum
10. 1/4 cup frozen Peas
11. 1/4 cup frozen Corn Kernels
12. *Note: I recommend to use a variety of vegetables for richer flavour
13. 2 tablespoons Plain Flour
14. 1 & 1/2 cups Vegetable Stock
15. 3 tablespoons Tomato Paste
16. 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce (Lea & Perrins)
17. Salt & Black Pepper
18. Mashed Potato Topping
19. 800 g to 1kg Potatoes *peeled & chopped
20. Salt for cooking
21. 30 g Margarine
22. 1/2 cup Milk of your choice
23. Ground paprika *optional

Instructions to make to make Vegan Cottage Pie

1. Soak dry soy meat in plenty of warm water for 30 minutes. Drain and squeeze to remove excess water, then soak in fresh water, drain and squeeze to remove excess water again. *Note: This process is to remove unpleasant smell from soy meat. It might be unnecessary, or you wish to repeat a few times.
2. Heat oil in a large frying pan or pot over medium heat. Cook onion, garlic, carrot, celery and herb for 2-3 minutes. Add mushrooms and capsicum, and cook until soft.
3. Add flour and stir until combined, then add stock, tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally, and add soy meat, peas and corn. Season with salt and pepper, and cook until sauce thickens.
4. Meanwhile, cook potatoes in salted water until tender. Drain well. Return to the saucepan and add margarine. Use a potato masher to mash until smooth. Add milk of your choice, and stir until well combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
5. Preheat the oven to 220C. Spoon the mixture into a large baking dish. Cover with the mashed potato and use a fork to spread over and make a pattern. Sprinkle with some ground paprika, but it is optional.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until mashed potato is slightly browned. Serve immediately.

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