Three Bean Shepherd’s Pie

Ingredients and preparation.

Ingredients

  • 1600 g chickpeas tinned
  • 1600g Butter beans tinned
  • 1600g Canclini Beans Tinned
  • 1600 g kidney beans tinned
  • 4000 g water
  • 600 g water
  • 8 garlic cloves
  • 4 brown onion (approx. 600 g), cut into halves
  • 80 g Vitalite spread
  • 24 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves only
  • 680 g tomatoes, cut into halves
  • 800 g zucchini, trimmed and cut into quarters
  • 4600 g potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces (2 cm)
  • 480 g carrot, peeled and cut into pieces (2 cm)
  • 8 tbsp Vegetable stock paste (see Tips)
  • 8 tsp dried thyme
  • 4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 200 g tomato paste
  • ⅛ tsp ground black pepper, to taste
  • 30 g Vitalite spread
  • sea salt, to taste
  • ground black pepper, to taste
  • Nutritional Yeast 4-8 tablespoons
  • Table spoon of marmite

Preparation

This recipe preparation is for a Thermomix (find out more here) but filling and mash could be prepared using hob and pans.

Place a large bowl onto mixing bowl lid and weigh all dried beans and 1000 g of the water into it, then cover and soak overnight.

  • Drain soaked beans and set aside.
  • Place garlicasafoetida (optional), 
    onionbutterparsley,
    tomatozucchini and celery into mixing bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 7.
  • Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula and cook 5 min/100°C/speed 1.
  • Add potatocarrotsstock pastethyme, pepper, soaking liquid and drained beans. Stir mixture with spatula and cook 12 min/100°C/speed 1
  • Add tomato paste and field mushrooms, stir with spatula and cook 15-18 min/100°C placing simmering basket instead of measuring cup onto mixing bowl lid, until beans are soft.
  • Divide filling between 6 ramekins (300 ml) and set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 180°C. Clean and dry mixing bowl.
  • Place Parmesan into mixing bowl and grate 10 sec/speed 9. Transfer into a small bowl and set aside. Clean and dry mixing bowl.Place milksaltpepper and sweet potato into mixing bowl and cook 25 min/90°C/speed 1.
  • Chop 30 sec/speed 4, then scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula.
  • Insert butterfly whisk. Add butter and three-quarters of the reserved Parmesan and mash 20 sec/speed 4. Season to taste. Remove butterfly whisk.
  • Spoon mash over vegetable filling in ramekins and spread using spatula. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and bake for 20-25 minutes (180°C), or until top is lightly browned.

Serve immediately

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