Ale, Mustard and Winter Vegetable Pie
Ale, Mustard and Winter Vegetable Pie is a vegan pie. It is typically enjoyed in autumn and winter.
Ingredients
Topping
- 1 potato, chopped
- ½ parsnip, chopped
- ½ small turnip or rutabaga, chopped
- 1 tablespoon soy margarine
Filling
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 carrot, finely diced
- ½ parsnip, diced
- 1 leek, cut into fine rings
- 5 mushrooms, sliced
- ¼–½ cup dried TVP (textured vegetable protein)
- ½ tablespoon Marmite or Vegemite
- 200 ml (¾ cup) boiling water
- 2 heaped tablespoon flour
- 2 heaped tablespoon wholegrain mustard (try a green peppercorn mustard, if available)
- 200 ml (¾ cup) rich, dark ale (try a nice Porter)
- Black pepper to taste
Steps
Topping
- Drop potato, turnip or rutabaga, and ½ parsnip into rapidly boiling water.
- Return to boil. Simmer about 20 minutes until potato is soft.
- Drain. Add margarine. Mash until creamy smooth.
- Set aside.
Filling
- Mix TVP, boiling water and marmite. Let sit.
- Heat olive oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add leek, garlic, carrot and ½ parsnip. Sauté until carrot is soft.
- Add mushrooms. Cook a minute or two more.
- Add flour. Stir vigorously 30 seconds.
- Add TVP and its soaking broth, stirring, to thicken.
- Add mustard, ale and black pepper. Stir well. Simmer about 10 minutes to thicken sauce.
- Pour into casserole dish. Top with potato/rutabaga/parsnip mash. Smooth top.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F), 20 to 30 minutes or until top begins to brown.
- Remove from oven. Rest a minute. Serve.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:Ale, Mustard and Winter Vegetable Pie” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2026-04-12, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes. Steps rewritten into short commands. Introduction shortened. Wiki formatting removed. This adapted recipe is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.






