Black Bean and Vegetable Cottage Pie | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 200 grams dried black turtle beans (cooked per instruction - alternative pulses can be used)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
• 2 small carrots (peeled and chopped)
• 1 stick celery (finely chopped)
• 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 100 grams fresh spinach (chopped)
• 300 grams green cabbage (finely chopped)
• 500 millilitres vegetable stock (I use Kallo)
• 2 tablespoons mushroom ketchup (available in most supermarkets)
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon agave syrup
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 300 grams cauliflowers (steamed)
• 300 grams potatoes (steamed)
• 2 tablespoons vegan margarine (I use Vitalite)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast