Recipe: Perfect Meat free Monday cottage pie

Meat free Monday cottage pie. A meat free twist on a British classic, this hearty cottage pie gets its meatiness from the fusion of brown lentils and shiitake mushrooms. This recipe comes to us from our friends at Meat Free Monday. See below for a video with step-by-step recipe instructions!

This recipe comes to us from our friends at Meat Free Monday, UK. Creative meat-free recipes from chefs including José Pizarro, Maria Elia and Giorgio Locatelli! Whether you've heard about Meat-free Monday from your co-workers, friends or family members and want to give it a try or you already have a few Meat-free Mondays under your belt and need more inspiration, we've got you covered. You can have Meat free Monday cottage pie using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Meat free Monday cottage pie

1. It's 1 pack of frozen quorn mince.
2. You need 1 of chopped onion.
3. Prepare 1 of chopped carrot.
4. Prepare Tin of lentils.
5. It's 1 of cartoon Passata.
6. You need 1 of veg stock cube.
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of oregano.
8. It's 1 teaspoon of rosemary.
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon of thyme.
10. You need of S and p.
11. You need of Mash. Make own or buy frozen!.

Our plant-based mince is perfect in a meat-free cottage pie. Full of great taste and texture, this is a brilliant winter warmer meal for the whole family. Drain and mash the potatoes with the spread and milk, season and top over the cottage pie base. Meatless Mondays are now promoted by many groups around the globe, including Australia and New Zealand.

Meat free Monday cottage pie step by step

1. Pre heat oven. 180. Cook onion and carrot.
2. Add mince and fry lightly.
3. Add herbs..
4. Add lentil and Passata..
5. Add salt and pepper and stock cube..
6. Give a good stir and if needed add a little water..
7. Simmer for 20 mins..
8. Add to a large dish and cover in the mash. Bake in oven. 180 for 30 mins. Serve with green veg..

It's easy to make this delicious cottage pie with vegetarian mince instead of beef. A delicious meat free cottage pie. Pack full of vegetables and lentils. Big on flavour you will not miss the meat in this. This is a rich, warming and comforting cottage pie, with creamy, fluffy mashed potatoes.