Lentil Pie

[Delightful Den]

Lentil Pie
4-6 people

Pastry:
200g Whole meal flour
100g chilled butter cubed
1/4tsp salt
50-60g chilled water

Filling:
200g brown lentils
1000g water
1 onion quartered
2 cloves garlic
1 carrot roughly chopped
1 stick celery roughly chopped
30g EVOO
30g tamari (or soy sauce)
1 egg seperated
100g cheese, grated

Preparation:
Place cheese into   and grate on speed 5-6 for 6-8 seconds set aside.

Prepare pastry by placing cubed chilled butter, salt and flour into bowl and mix speed 6 for 10-20 seconds until crumbs are formed
Add 50g chilled water, set speed dial to lid locked position and   20 seconds add 5g more water if needed to bring dough together.
tip dough onto floured board and kneed gently for a few minute wrap in themomat or cling film and place in fridge while preparing filling.

Place water into   and insert steaming basket. Weight lentils into steaming basket. Cook 100 degrees 25 minutes speed 2
Rinse lentils and set aside in basket. place garlic in   and chop add carrot, celery and onion chop 3-5 seconds speed 6. Add EVOO and cook Veroma temp 4 minutes speed 1. Add cooked lentils egg yolk and tamari mix   speed 3 for 10 seconds.

Roll out half pastry and line 23cm greased pie dish. Brush pastry with egg white. Pour half lentil mixture int pie shell and topwith grated cheese then top with remaining lentil mixture. Roll out remaining pastry and top pie sealing edges with a fork. Pierce top crust in several places with fork. Brush top of pie with egg white.

Bake for 35 minutes in oven preheated to 200 degrees.

Photos:

Tips/Hints:
I used soy sauce instead of tamari
The pastry recipe is the EDC rough puff pastry substituting wholemeal flour for plain flour


Lisel: Made this last night, very pleased with how it turned out, and everyone enjoyed it, always a tricky thing with lentils!  Thanks for posting it!

RosieB: Yumm.
I made the filling with a couple tweaks.
Left out the celery as I didn't have any and put in some fresh chilies and capsicum and a small piece of fresh ginger,
Poured it over steamed, lightly buttered potatoes.
Put into a dish,  Sprinkled with Cheese and just heated until lightly browned.
It was heavenly,  (with a little sweet soy sauce)

Zada: ade this tonight using Filo Pastry.Yum

Michele: Made this delicious pie for Good Friday dinner - DH was very impressed. great recipe Den. 

DM: We did shortcut - using puff pastry and tinned lentil.  Enjoyed by all.  Next time will follow the recipe and start from scratch.

[Cuilidh]

This looks delicious.  As I can't use dairy I might try it using filo pastry, minus the cheese in the filling.

Thanks for posting the recipe.

[Delightful Den]

Cuilidh I have made this with filo pastry and it turns out quite nice.  The cheese tends to help bind the lentils together so that it doesn't fall appart when you cut it. 

Something other than cheese that would melt into the lentils a bit would help hold iot together.  I wonder if soft tofu would work.

[judydawn]

Yep, I could eat that and I am not a great lentil lover although I've done more with them since I got the TMX than I had done in my previous life.

[Cuilidh]

I was thinkint of maybe doing them in small triangles or rectangles so perhaps the cheese wouldn't play such an important part in the binding of the ingredients.  I do miss cheese, though, maybe I'll make some with cheese for me and some without for DH.

[CreamPuff63]

Good on you Dashingden for converting, posting & putting up a photo

[Lisel]

Made this last night, very pleased with how it turned out, and everyone enjoyed it, always a tricky thing with lentils!  Thanks for posting it!

[meganjane]

Wow, the pastry looks great! Will have to add this to my vege folder

[Delightful Den]

Thanks MJ that was my first ever attempt at pastry.  It was easy enough and came out so good that I will probably never buy frozen pastry again.

I was out in your neck of the woods today.  I spent the day at the school assisting the new registrar with end of year finances.  I will probably visit Nyabing PS quite a bit during term one while she finds her feet.

[RosieB]

Yumm.
I made the filling with a couple tweaks.
Left out the celery as I didn't have any and put in some fresh chilies and capsicum and a small piece of fresh ginger,
Poured it over steamed, lightly buttered potatoes.
Put into a dish,  Sprinkled with Cheese and just heated until lightly browned.
It was heavenly,  (with a little sweet soy sauce)

[Zada]

Made this tonight, used filo pastry instead. Yum!

[Delightful Den]

That looks delicious Zada. I am glad that you enjoyed it.

[Delightful Den]

I haven't made this for ages so decide to have it for tea tonight. It is a really great meatless meal.

[Frozzie]

adding to my veg folder 

[Itsnotartitsdinner]

Making this tonight it smells delicious. I'm always after more vego meals.