Vegan Pot Pie Casserole

Step 1

Start your crust: Preheat your oven to 400F and roll out 1 sheet of the thawed pastry for your bottom crust. Lay it in the bottom of a large casserole dish and use a fork to pierce the dough 30-40 times in various places. There's no pattern to this; you just want to keep the dough from rising to much. Then, place the dish in your oven to bake for 15 minutes.

Step 2

Prepare your filling: Add the water and diced potatoes to a large pot. Cover and bring to a boil. When boiling, turn to medium high and continue to cook, covered, another 5 minutes. Add the frozen mixed veg, cover, and bring to a boil once more. Finally, add your dry soy curls, condensed soup, salt, pepper, and onion powder. Stir the mixture, cover, and turn the heat to medium low for 10 minutes to let the soy curls re-hydrate and absorb all the flavors. If you'd like smaller soy curl pieces, use a spatula to cut up some of the larger soy curls once they're re-hydrated.

Step 3

Finishing touches: Carefully pour the filling over the bottom crust in the casserole dish and roll your second pastry sheet to a size slightly smaller than your casserole dish. Carefully lay the pastry on top of the filling, cut three long diagonal slits down the middle to let steam escape, and place the dish back in the oven for another 20 minutes or until the crust is a nice, golden brown. Let cool for 10 minutes upon removal, and as the scents begin to waft through the house, take a moment to revel in the glory of what you’ve just made. Store leftovers in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to a week or the freezer for a month.