{"id":3117,"date":"2014-06-15T22:03:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T02:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2014-06-15T22:04:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T02:04:32","slug":"lentil-shepherds-pie-by-simon-bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/15\/lentil-shepherds-pie-by-simon-bryant\/","title":{"rendered":"Lentil shepherd’s Pie by Simon Bryant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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30ml olive oil
\n1 onion diced
\n3 garlic cloves
\n3 stalks celery diced (and heart)
\n3 bay leaves
\n6 sprigs thyme
\n1 tsp Carroway seeds
\nSprig of rosemary
\n200g mushrooms diced
\n2 tbls tomato paste
\n1 can diced tomtatoes
\n300g brown lentils (soaked for several hours overnight, simmer from cold in just enough
\nveggie stock to cover & cook till just soft, do not drain)
\n100g green beans sliced into 1cm pieces
\n2 carrots diced
\n1 litre Veg stock or water
\n25 ml red wine vinegar
\n1 tbls Lemon zest
\nHandful of dried wild mushroom mix, ground to fine powder(optional for extra flavour)
\n1\/3 bunch parsley chopped
\nSalt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n

Mashed potatoes\u00a0<\/b>
\n500g potatoes
\nSalt and white pepper
\n80g butter
\n100ml Milk
\n1 \u00a0tsp Mace
\n1\/4 cup Parmesan<\/p>\n

Heat the oil in a large frypan and add the onion and garlic and saute for a few minutes. Add the celery, carrot, carroway seeds, rosemary, bay leaves and thyme. Saute for a few minutes and then add mushrooms.<\/p>\n

Deglaze with red wine vinegar then add tomato paste and diced tomatoes and cook out for a few minutes. \u00a0Season to taste.<\/p>\n

Add lemon zest , mushroom powder , beans and cooked lentils in the stock they cooked in.\u00a0Simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated.<\/p>\n

Season to taste, remove thyme sprigs and bay leaf.
\nPour into a baking dish and top with mashed potatoes and bake until golden brown.<\/p>\n

For mashed potatoes, boil them in salted water until soft.
\nDrain off water and dry in the pan before mashing with butter and milk.
\nSeason to taste.<\/p>\n

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