Vegan Shepherd's Pie - twimii

Ingredients

• 3 medium-sized mild onions, chopped roughly (2 tablespoons will be used for herb crust)
• sunflower oil for frying
• 150g Puy green lentils
• 1 – 2 teaspoons yeast extract
• 1/2 – 1 level teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 level teaspoon tomato purée
• 1 heaped teaspoon wholegrain mustard
• 2 leeks, trimmed and sliced
• 2 carrots, chopped small
• 2 celery sticks, chopped small
• 1 teaspoon mixed herbs
• 8 – 10 mushrooms, quartered
• 1.5kg potatoes
• unsweetened almond milk (or unsweetened soya milk)
• ground white pepper
• salt
• 1 slice of vegan wholemeal bread or 1 scone
• 2 tablespoons fried (stewed) onions
• tablespoon pine nuts
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• good pinch ground rainbow pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt