Earth and Sky Lentil Pie

So you think lentils are boring? Try this recipe and you will change your mind.

Preparation time: 20 minutes (including boiling the lentils and potatoes)
Cooking time: 30 minutes

Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 medium sized potatoes
• 340g (12 oz) brown lentils
• 220g (8 oz) grated reduced fat cheese
• 2 onions
• 55g (2 oz) mushrooms
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup (50 g / 2 ounces) breadcrumbs, preferably wholemeal
• 1 egg
• several sprigs fresh parsley, to make 1 tablespoon when chopped
• sea salt & freshly-ground black pepper to taste

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180�C (350�F).

• Put the lentils into a pot of boiling water and cook until soft (about 20 minutes).

• While the lentils are cooking wash and peel the potatoes. Chop them into small pieces (to facilitate fast cooking ), about 1 cm (1/2 inch) cubed, and boil them until soft, in a separate pot to the lentils (10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the pieces)

• Mash the potatoes, adding a few spoonfuls of water to make them a smooth consistency and a dash of salt and pepper, and put them aside.

• Chop the onions, mushrooms and parsley, and lightly beat the egg.

• Drain the lentils and add all the other ingredients into the pot with them. Mix together and put into a baking dish.

• Top with mashed potato (the clouds above the Earth), keeping a little of the grated cheese to sprinkle on top (the silver lining to the clouds?).

• Bake for 30 minutes

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