mushroom and cauliflower vegan shepherds pie
The British classic gets a vegetarian makeover with mushrooms and cauliflower. The result is a delicious low carb vegetarian shepherd’s pie recipe that the whole family will love!
Shepherd’s pie was a classic that many households in Australia and Britain grew up with and started as a way for people to make left-over scraps of meat and vegetables into a delicious meal.
Mushroom and Cauliflower Vegan Shepherds Pie
Course Main Course
Cuisine vegan, vegetarian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4 people
Calories 261 kcal
Ingredients
650 g cauliflower (1 1/2 pounds)
2 tbs olive oil
1 onion diced
2 medium sized carrots peeled and diced
1 celery stalk diced
3 cloves garlic chopped
10 g dried wild mushrooms reconstituted in 2 1/2 tbs boiling water (1/3 oz)
500 g mushrooms diced (1 pound)
1 tbs thyme leaves roughly chopped
1 tbs tomato paste
1/4 cup red wine
1 cup vegetable stock
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbs olive oil
3 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tbs dijon mustard
1 tsp salt
2 tsp thyme leaves
1 pinch ground nutmeg
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200 celsius (400 fahrenheit).
Chop the cauliflower into roughly equal sized pieces and add to a large saucepan. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Season with salt and cook the cauliflower until tender. Drain.
Place a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the olive oil, onion, carrots and celery. Cook until slightly golden and caramelised. Add the mushrooms in 6 parts, making sure each batch is cooked before adding the next.
Remove the wild mushrooms from the boiling water, reserving the water, and roughly chop. Add to the mushrooms along with the tomato paste. Increase the heat to medium-high and add the red wine. Cook until the red wine has almost evaporated before adding the mushroom soaking liquid and vegetable stock. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes or until roughly half of the liquid has been absorbed. Remove from the heat.
Place the cauliflower in a food processor or high powered blender along with 2 tbs olive oil, the nutritional yeast, mustard, salt and thyme leaves. Blend until smooth and taste. Adjust seasonings as required and add the nutmeg and blend for a further minute.
Divide the mushrooms between 4 large ramekins and top with the cauliflower mash. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly golden.
Recipe Notes
Nutritional Yeast (sometimes called savoury yeast flakes) is available in health food stores. Make sure you purchase nutritional yeast and NOT brewers yeast as they are very different things. You can also purchase nutritional yeast online from amazon (see link in recipe) as well as in Australia from here.