Shepherdess' Pie / Mushroom & Lentil Shepherd's Pie

Another of the recipes I'm trying to get off scraps of paper so that I can find them easier.

This is also nice with a spoon full of Marmite in as well to give it a richer flavour.  Carrots added give a nice splash of colour as well, but then I suppose it would be more of a Cottage Pie?  It is handier if you already have left over mashed potatoes from the day before as it saves a pan ;0)

Shepherdess' Pie

Ingredients

• 6oz/170g Green Lentils
• Onion, chopped
• 3 cloves Garlic, chopped
• can Chopped Tomatoes
• 8oz/226g Button Mushrooms, halved
• 1 tbsp Henderson's Relish
• 2 tsp Paprika
• 1 1/4 lbs/566g Potatoes, cooked and mashed
• 2oz/57g Cheese, grated

Method

Boil Lentils in water then simmer until done.

Oven on Gas 6/200 C

Fry Onions and Garlic until golden.

Stir in Mushrooms, Henderson's Relish, Paprika, Black Pepper.  Add Tomatoes.  Cook for 5 mins.

Mix with Lentils.  Transfer to an oven dish.  

Spoon Mashed Potatoes on the top, sprinkle with Cheese.

Bake for approx 30 mins until lightly golden.

Before cooking

Done, ready to nosh

Gratuitous photo of my kitchen helper keeping the radiator warm for me 

and watching the cheese in case I drop any ;0)