VTMOShepherd's Pie

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 500g plant based mince
• 2 carrots
• 120 grams frozen peas
• 3 potatoes
• 120g mozzarella
• 3 tablespoons butter
• Vegetable stock powder
• Salt
• Garlic salt
• Cooking oil e.g. macadamia nut oil
• Oil or butter for greasing oven pan

Instructions

1. Fill large pot half full with water and start boiling
2. Cut carrots into small squares and combine with peas
3. Chop onions finely. Add some salt to the boiling water
4. Peel and quarter potatoes
5. Add oil and and salt to a frying pan and turn it to high heat
6. Add potatoes to boiling water
7. Add mince (or lentils in alternative version) and a pinch of garlic salt to the saucepan
8. Preheat oven to 180°C
9. Once mince is heated (wait for brown if using beef mince, or straight away for lentils) add carrot and pea mix
10. Add stock powder to 1 cup water, mix, and add to frying pan
11. Mix mozzarella and butter in microwave proof bowl
12. Drain and finely mash potatoes. Spread out thinly on large plate
13. Frying pan mix should now be reduced and heat can be turned off
14. Microwave parmesan mix and then knead it into spread out potato mash
15. Grease an oven proof container, pour in mince, and then top with the potato mash
16. Bake for 45 minutes or until topping starts to brown