This is like a shepherd's pie, but meatless.


* Exported from MasterCook *

Helen's Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie 1

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Family

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 oz Adzuki beans, soaked -- soaked
2 oz Brown rice, soaked
Water for boiling
1 tb Vegetable oil
1 md Onion, chopped
8 oz Carrots, thinly sliced
1 tb Soy sauce
2 tb Tomato paste
1 t Parsley
1 t Garlic powder
1/2 ts Oregano
1 t Basil
1/2 ts Marjoram
1 1/4 cups Bean stock
Salt & pepper
3 c Mashed potatoes

Wash the beans & rice in plenty of cold water. Combine about 4 cups of
water with beans & rice & cook for 50 minutes or until the beans are
soft. Drain, reserving the stock for later.

Heat oil in a skillet. Fry the onions for 3 minutes. Add the carrots &
cookk covered for 5 minutes. Add the cooked beans & rice. Stir well &
let saute for a few minutes, ensuring that the mixture does not burn.
Combine the siy sauce, tomato paste, herbs & stock. Mix well & pour
into the skillet. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to very low, partially
cover & simmer gently for 30 minutes, stirring frquently to prevent
it burning. Add more stock if necessary. Transfer into a casserole.

Top the cooked vegetables with mashed potatoes. Bake in a preheated
oven at 350F for 40 minutes, or until the potatoes are browned. Serve
with vegetables or a green salad.


From Sarah Brown, "Vegetarian Kitchen"

NOTE: I add beef stock powder that is vegetarian.



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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 714 Calories; 59g Fat (71.3% calories
from fat); 10g Protein; 43g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 3mg Cholesterol;
5010mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 4 Vegetable; 11 1/2 Fat.


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> "Cate" > wrote in message
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> > Sorry to belabor this, but when you say 'dried (grape) currants', do you
> > mean the currants are the dried form of some type of grape?
> >
> > I hope not. This is confusing me. I though currants and grapes were
> > different fruits altogether.
> >
> > I'll start a new thread and see who can help. Thanks again for the
recipe.
> >
> > Cate
> I just saw Alton Brown talking about currants for his fruit cake the other
> night. He held up a box of Sun Maid(the raisin people) Currents. I
haven't
> seen currents in my grocery store here for 20 years, but maybe you could
> call around. Or a food co-op?
> Janet
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