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365 days of dinner: Jan. 6, 2009

January 7th, 2009 at 02:47 am

Tonight NT made a vegan version of classic British home cooking: cottage pie.

It doesn't photograph as well as some of the other dishes, but damn, it was good! Smile UPDATE: Approximate recipe by NT follows photo.



INGREDIENTS
For the filling:
1 large onion
2 cloves garlic
1 bag Morningstar crumbles (equivalent to 1 lb. ground beef, browned)
1 cup black beans (I’d normally use pinto, but we had a bag of black beans in the freezer)
1 T veg Worcestershire sauce
1 t pepper
½ t salt
1 t chili powder
½ cup water
2 T cornstarch
1 t Marmite (optional)

For the topping:
3 medium spuds
1 sweet potato
Margarine
Soymilk
Pepper
Grated cheese/soy cheese (optional)

Cook spuds for 10 mins, then mash/rice with marge and milk, season with pepper.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Sauté onions and garlic med-med high.

Add crumbles once onions are translucent and sauté 2 mins.

Add everything else, raise temp to boiling, then reduce to simmer for 5 mins.

Spray oil inside baking dish, fill with crumble mixture, then top with layer of mashed potato. Top with some grated cheese, if desired. Bake for 25 mins, or until potato nice and golden. I finished it off with 1 min under the broiler to crisp it up nicely. Let stand for 5 mins before serving.

Posted in 365 Days of Dinner | 6 Comments »

6 Responses to “365 days of dinner: Jan. 6, 2009”

  1. homebody Says:
    January 7th, 2009 at 03:43 am 1231299838
    1231299838

    Is that cornbread on top?

  2. swimgirl Says:
    January 7th, 2009 at 04:12 am 1231301541
    1231301541

    IT looks like tamale pie.

  3. ceejay74 Says:
    January 7th, 2009 at 03:00 pm 1231340433
    1231340433

    Nope, it's just a layer of mashed potatoes. I think the golden color came from the sweet potato that he mashed in with the regular potatoes. Also he sprinkled a little vegan cheese on top.

    Tamale pie? Cornbread? Those sound like awesome ideas! Got any recipe links?

  4. frugaltexan75 Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 02:52 am 1231383157
    1231383157

    That looks and sounds yummy. Recipe please? Smile

  5. homebody Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 01:51 pm 1231422678
    1231422678

    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tamale-Pie-I/Detail.aspx

    You could substitute the beef with beans or use some of that fake crumbled meat my niece uses in some recipes.

    For cornbread, I was raised on the recipe on the side of the box which is: 1 cup flour, 1 cup cornmeal, 1 tablespoon baking powder, 1/2 tsp sale, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1/4 cup oil. Mix together and bake for about 25 minutes at 375 in a cast iron skillet (well okay the recipe box says an 8 by 8 pan.)

  6. ceejay74 Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 04:14 pm 1231431292
    1231431292

    Thanks homebody! We just got a cast-iron skillet so we may have to try that. Now I'm also taken with trying to put a cornbread topping on a casserole, which is what I thought you meant...don't be surprised if that comes up for dinner this year!

    frugaltexan: Recipe added, courtesy of NT! (I can't believe he tricked me into eating Marmite; I thought I hated Marmite!)

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