Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, grandma liem’s pastel tutup (indonesian cottage pie) recipe. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pastel tutup is what they call this shepeherd's pie it in Indonesia. This is quite different from the pastel ayam (Indonesian Empanadas). Pastel tutup has a stir-fried filling usually consists of ground meat, veggies, bean thread noodles It bears a lot of similarities with Shepherd's Pie or Cottage Pie.
Grandma Liem’s Pastel Tutup (Indonesian Cottage Pie) Recipe is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Grandma Liem’s Pastel Tutup (Indonesian Cottage Pie) Recipe is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have grandma liem’s pastel tutup (indonesian cottage pie) recipe using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Grandma Liem’s Pastel Tutup (Indonesian Cottage Pie) Recipe:
- Get 600-700 gr potatoes (any variety that is good for mash) or mixed with celeriac for lighter choice
- Take 1 medium shallot, chopped
- Take 1/2 onion, chopped
- Take 2 medium carrot, cubed approx. 0.5cm
- Prepare 250-300 gr cubed (05.cm) meat of your choice (chicken/pork/beef/cooked prawn/sausage/tinned spam) or vegetarian meat substitute or tofu
- Get 1 handful thinly sliced wood ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae aka jelly ear or Jew's ear or black fungus. In Indonesian known as jamur kuping)
- Take 1 handful glass noodle (soaked in hot water for no longer than 2 minutes then drain)
- Make ready 1/2 cup peas (frozen or fresh or tin)
- Prepare 100-150 ml stock (chicken or vegetable or beef stock)
- Get Milk or corn flour (optional)
- Take Parsley and/or chives, chopped
- Take 4 Boiled eggs (optional), cut into quarters
- Make ready 1 egg
- Make ready 1/2 cup grated cheese (cheddar or any type you like)
- Prepare 1 pinch Salt, Pepper
- Make ready 1 pinch ground nutmeg (optional)
This is my grandma's recipe, provided kindly by my Aunty Bwee. The measurements and timing are all my approximation. Because as all good Indonesian food recipes, there is no such thing as exact measurement! Pastel Tutup or Indonesian-style Sheperd's Pie is a lovely dish which I never knew existed until I was in my twenties.
Steps to make Grandma Liem’s Pastel Tutup (Indonesian Cottage Pie) Recipe:
- Steam or boil the potatoes (and/or celeriac if you like) then mash it with a touch of butter. If you like creamier mash add milk as you like.
- Stir fry the chopped onion and shallots until soft. Add the cubbed carrot, meat (or vegetarian substitute), peas (if use tinned pea, add this last), mushroom. Add the glass noodle and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg (if using). Pour stock. If you want it creamy, add a few spoonful of milk or corn flour mixed with water. Add the chopped herbs (parsley/chives)
- Transfer the filling into an oven proof dish. If using boiled egg, arrange the quartered eggs on top.
- Cover with mash potato. Brush with egg and sprinkle some grated cheese.
- Bake in the oven 190-200C for 30-40 minutes (until the top is golden brown).
- Serve with salad (if you like), mayonnaise and (if you have Indonesian taste) chilli sauce (Sambal ABC or sriracha).
Traditionally Pastel Tutup is made using ground chicken but since I'm vegan, I'm using tempeh for this recipe. I also use coconut milk instead of dairy milk and my trusted vegan butter. See more ideas about Cottage pie, Cottage pie recipe, Cooking recipes. This classic Shepherd's Pie recipe will have everyone asking for seconds. It's full of flavor and the creamy mashed potatoes make it extra delicious!
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