GastronomicGallivant: English "Criss-Cross" Cottage Pie

An English Meat pie or Cottage pie usually has a ground meat filling with crusty potato on top.For a change, I made a vegetarian version of this a few days ago with leftover mashed potato on the top.It was a one-pot wonder!Good choice for people on a diet, grazing on dishes with minimal carbs.The recipe is a general guideline and the spicing is minimal to best suit my family, especially my toddler. Feel free to add more or less of any seasoning/spice.

This along with "Meatless Ragu With Dhal Fritters",  "Sauteed Asparagus With Chopped Rigatoni" makes its way to Daisy Blue's Leftover Delicacies.

Ingredients:

• Mushrooms - 10#s, small, cleaned and diced
• Mini peppers - 6-7, cleaned and diced
• Carrots - 2, medium, skinned and diced
• Sweet Pea - 1/2 cup, fresh or frozen
• Garlic - 3-4 pods
• Onion - 1, small, diced
• Worcestershire Sauce - 2 tbsp
• Hot Sauce - 2 tbsp
• Cracked Pepper and Salt - for taste
• Olive Oil - 3 tbsp
• Mashed Potato - 2 cups (Recipe follows)

Procedure:

• In a skillet, heat olive oil and saute garlic, onions until the onion is translucent. 
• Add the diced Carrots, Peppers, both the sauce, cracked pepper and salt.
• Fry until the carrot are browned, stirring constantly.
• Add the mushrooms and sweet pea and cook for 5 more minutes.
• Check for taste. Add more pepper or salt if needed.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Transfer the vegetable mixture to a baking dish and using a piping bag, make criss-cross with the mashed potatoes on the top of the dish.

• Bake for 25 minutes or until the tops of the potatoes are browned.
• Serve warm.

Makes 3-4 servings.

Easy Breezy "Lite" Mashed Potatoes:

• Yukon Gold Potatoes - 5-6, medium
• Partly Skimmed Milk - 6 tbsp
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Cracked Pepper and Salt for taste

Procedure:

• Boil the potatoes until tender. Peel and transfer to a bowl.
• Mash it using a Potato Ricer/Masher  along with the other ingredients while still hot.
• Serve by itself or as a topping for cottage pie.

Makes ~2 cups.

Enjoy!