Curried Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie with Portobello Mushroom Sauce

I discovered out recently that my husband is a huge fan of shepherd's pie. I think the subject by no means truely came up before because after I met him, I became a long term vegetarian. The occasion for the verbal exchange was a take-out meal from a vegan eating place that had a model of shepherd's pie on the menu. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is neither vegetarian nor vegan. Technically now not a pie as there's no pastry worried, it's more like a casserole. The normal components are a ground meat base, together with pork or lamb, with veggies and a topping of mashed potatoes. It's less expensive to make and one which many keep in mind from their formative years as traditional comfort meals.

There are infinite methods to prepare shepherd's pie, and after attempting the vegan model from the restaurant, I determined I was going to provide you with a vegetarian variation of this traditional that also takes place to be vegan. The one we ordered became just too bland for my liking. For more taste and flair, and to in shape my tastes, I decided to curry it up and determined upon Puy lentils, carrots, parsnips, tomato and spinach as the base of the dish. I topped it with mashed potato and candy potato. Because I even have never made shepherd's pie before, I wasn't certain how it might turn out but I'm overjoyed to record it turned into even better than predicted. The consistency of the base was just proper ? Succulent and moist without too much of a liquid issue, with a few great spicing ? All tucked underneath a well browned potato crust. Served with a garam masala spiced portobello sauce thickened to the consistency of a gravy, this meal was pure consolation certainly, mainly along some home made biscuits.

And my husband's verdict? It became the tastiest shepherd's pie he'd ever eaten!

Notes: If I wasn't serving the casserole with mushroom sauce, I would have included some mushrooms as part of the bottom layer for the meaty texture they contribute. This pie can be spiced up or seasoned in any number of ways. It's a fun dish to experiment with.

More comforting potatoes dishes:

Saag Aloo (Spinach and Potato Curry)

Samosa Potpie

Scalloped Potatoes with Best-Ever Mushroom Sauce

Parmesan Potato Puff

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