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Rutabaga and Lentil Cottage Pie
A winter cottage pie built the northern way, with the mash made from rutabaga: brown lentils and mushrooms braised underneath, forked into peaks and baked golden.
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Ingredients
serves 4From the garden
- 2 lb rutabaga, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 lb potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 2 medium carrots, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped
- 1 cup peas (fresh or frozen)
From the pantry
- 1 cup brown or green lentils, rinsed and picked over
- 8 oz mushrooms, sliced · they do the savory work the meat used to
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 cups vegetable stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 5 tbsp olive oil · divided between the filling and the mash
- salt · to taste
- black pepper