Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, delicata squash shepherds pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
If you don't have any leftover rice, feel free to leave it out or replace with any cooked grain. Delicata is a small winter squash with an edible skin, which makes it a breeze to prepare! Wash, slice off the ends, then halve it lengthwise, seed it, and cut. The squash has a thin, edible skin, so it's super easy to cook.
Delicata Squash Shepherds Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Delicata Squash Shepherds Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have delicata squash shepherds pie using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Delicata Squash Shepherds Pie:
- Make ready 4 small delicata Squash, cleaned and cut in cubes
- Get 2 cups, water
- Make ready 1 cup cooked mashed potatoes
- Take 1 vegan chicken bouillon cube
- Get 2 cups cooked red lentils (or any lentil of your choice)
- Take 1 1/2 cup each of chopped celery, onions and carrots
- Make ready 1 can tomato sauce, 8oz
- Take 1 cup thinly sliced green chard
- Get 1-2 tbsp Badia Mediterranean Blend
- Make ready 3 crushed garlic cloves or 1tbsp of ajo
- Get 2-3 tbsp coconut oil
- Take 1 tsp liquid smoke
- Take to taste Salt/pepper
Delicata squash is a winter squash that doesn't get enough attention. Its small size makes it much easier to handle than other squashes and it cooks Yes! Delicata's skin is edible and is absolutely delicious. Be sure to wash the squash well before roasting as the skin is usually coated in a wax used.
Instructions to make Delicata Squash Shepherds Pie:
- Heat 2 tbsp of coconut oil in a frying pan on medium-high heat. Let it get slightly hot, then add onions, celery and carrots. Stir and cook for about 10-11 minutes or until the onions are slightly translucent. Add the green chard and cook for another 5-7 minutes. Add the lentils, liquid smoke, mediterranean seasoning and tomato sauce to the veggies. Add another tbsp of coconut oil to keep the food from sticking to the pan. Cook for another 7-9 minutes. Set aside
- Clean and cube the squash. In small pot, put in the squash, water and bouillon then cook for approx. 20-30 minutes on medium heat. Check the squash with a fork. If it's soft enough to go thru the fork then it's ready. When it's ready pour half of the liquid out of the pot. Add the cooked mashed potatoes to the squash then start to mash the ingredients together. When it becomes a smooth mixture, stir until fully blended.
- Take a 8"or 9" casserole dish and add the veggie mix to the dish. Evenly spread the mix throughout the dish. Take squash/potatoe mashed mix and put on top evenly coating the dish. Set oven to broil. Broil the dish for 10-15 minutes or until the top is nicely browned. Bon Appetite!
Delicata's skin is edible and is absolutely delicious. Be sure to wash the squash well before roasting as the skin is usually coated in a wax used. Roasting delicata squash is far and away the best way to prepare it. Like other varieties of winter squash, the natural sugars in delicata squash are drawn out in the hot oven, which allows for beautiful caramelization as it becomes tender. As I mentioned above, the skin of delicata squash is so thin.
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