Shepherd's Pie (1 Viewer)

[Buzzo]

Friends friends.

This evening we at Snakingham Kitchens bring to you a classic dish that vegetarian shepherds used to feed Jesus' lambs when they were trying to cross the Rubicon. As you can imagine, they had no marmite in Isreal in the 60s and used vegemite instead but I have adapted the classic recipe to bring it to you in this, it's tastey buttery form:


Sauce: chop everything finely, or into little tiny cubes for the veg

Red onion, caramelised
Throw in 4 cloves o garlic and a chilli
Then add in a chopped aubergine, pepper and bunch o mushrooms

A few spoons of tomato puree
Some stock
A big spoon of marmite
Juice of half a lemon
can of tomatos
can of cooked brown lentils
Salt
Pepper
Herbs

Reduce this, it shouldn't have too much liquid, but don't overcook everything either

Feta Basil Mash:
Boil a load of spuds to well done and then drain.
Put in as much real butter as you can. Then some more. Until it's embarassing.
chop up a big hunk of feta and mash that in too. And milk. And salt.
And freshly ground black pepper and dried basil (I don't know why but it works really well dried in this dish.

And Serve:
Put a layer of potato on the bottom of a lasagne dish
Pile your sauce evenly on top
Pile a big layer of spuds on then. Try to 'seal' it against the edge of the dish and make sure you have no gaps anywhere.
Trace over the surface lightly with a fork (for crispy goodness)
Put in a medium to hot oven until golden brown

STUFF YA GOBSES

 

[pete]

have you turned himself yet?

 

[krystal]

sounds amazing. But I hate feta. How about a bit of palmerstown?

Himselfses is going away for the weekend so I am having a risottofest on saturday, yay!

 

[Buzzo]

Aint even tryin Pete. There's a shelf full of German meats in the fridge. ugh

Re cheese. I love cheese. You could add palmerston or anything else that mashes and melts I'd say. The entire recipes pretty flexzibble really.

 

[The Schnapper]

Sherpherds Pie is only a mugs game

 

[snakybus]

There's a shelf full of German meats in the fridge. ugh

haha

hay Andy! Don't let the veggies grid you down!

by the way.... Snakingham's Kitchen?!!? I should sue.

 

[dAndAn]

I will make this. Oh yes, i will make this.......

 

[billygannon]

I like Shepherd's Bush Pie. Mmmmmmm.

 

[egg_]

A chili, lemon juice, feta cheese, basil ... sounds nice, but why don't you just call it "vegetable pie"?

 

[snakybus]

hay Andy! Don't let the veggies grid you down!

Andy, why are you made of hay?
Aoife, can I borrow your grid?

 

[Buzzo]

A chili, lemon juice, feta cheese, basil ... sounds nice, but why don't you just call it "vegetable pie"?

Because it resembles a shepherds pie. I think calling it vegetable pie would be wrong. I'm the boss of the recipe anyway so if you have an official complaint, send it to the 'Kitchen. Why don't you call yourself 'Quail' or 'Sausage'? (actually, honestly. Why are you Egg?)

 

[egg_]

How does it resemble a shepherd's pie?
Hmmm the look of it maybe.

("Egg" is my favourite word. Why are you Wormo?)

 

[krystal]

lowly worm(o)?

 

[Buzzo]

How does it resemble a shepherd's pie?
Hmmm the look of it maybe.

("Egg" is my favourite word. Why are you Wormo?)

Yes, it does look like it. Tastes nothing like it I presume though.

Am I going to have to rename every vegetarian interpretation of a dish with 'vegetable pie/sauce/blah' for the benefit of dishname conservatives?

Fact: People who grow lentils are also known as 'lentil shepherds'

(Wormo- rhymes with my second name)