This Cheesy Vegetable Pie is a delicious mixture of crunchy and colourful vegetables, and leafy greens in a creamy cheesy sauce and topped with silky mashed potatoes.
Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C(fan)/400°F/Gas 6.
Heat 1 tablespoon Olive oil in a large pan and then add 8 Mushrooms, 3 Carrot, 2 Leek, 1 head Broccoli0.5 head Cauliflower160 g Sweetcorn and 120 g Kale. Gently cook on low for 10 minutes until softened.
Meanwhile, make the cheese sauce by putting 500 ml Whole milk, 4 tablespoon Plain flour and 50 g Butter into a saucepan and cooking on a medium heat, whilst continuously whisking. Everything will melt and thicken. Whisk in 100 g Cheddar cheese until it melts and stir in 1 tablespoon Mustard.
Make 6 portion Mashed potato at this point too.
Stir the cheese sauce into the vegetables.
Put the cheesy vegetable mixture into baking dish and top with the mashed potato and put into the oven for 35-40 minutes until the mash starts to crisp up.
Notes
Try not to over cook the vegetables, as it's nice for them to still have a little bit of bite to them.
You can use any vegetables in this recipe, just try to make sure that it is all chopped up the same size, so that it cooks evenly.
You can swap the mashed potato for a puff pastry topping if you prefer.
Give this dish a protein boost by adding a can of cannellini beans or chickpeas.