American
Lentil Shepherd's Pie
Lentil Shepherd's Pie is American home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups brown lentils
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- 2 celery stalks
- 4 garlic cloves
- 8 oz cremini mushrooms
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 2.5 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2.5 lb russet potatoes
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Peel and boil the potatoes in salted water until tender, about 18 minutes, then drain, reserving some cooking water, and mash with 2 tbsp olive oil and a splash of the water until fluffy.
- Heat the oven to 400F and warm the remaining oil in an oven-safe skillet over medium.
- Cook the onion, carrots, celery, garlic, and mushrooms until softened, about 8 minutes, then stir in the tomato paste, thyme, and rosemary for 1 minute.
- Add the rinsed lentils and broth, bring to a simmer, and cook until the lentils are tender and the mixture is thick, about 25 minutes, then stir in the peas and season with the salt and pepper.
- Spread the mashed potatoes over the lentil filling and rough up the surface with a fork.
- Bake until the top is golden at the edges, about 20 minutes, then rest 5 minutes before serving.
Serve it with
A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Lentil Shepherd's Pie, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Lentil Shepherd's Pie carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Partial
- Food groups it covers
- Pulses and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Lentil Shepherd's Pie takes about 70 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on lentil, potato, and carrot.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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