Vegetable Pot Pie

Name: Vegetable Pot Pie
Ingredients: 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 Spanish onions, thinly sliced; 2 medium red and 2 medium yellow bell peppers, thinly sliced; 2 bulbs fennel, thinly sliced; 6 cloves garlic, crushed; 3 bay leaves; 11/2 teaspoons ground turmeric; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 3/4 teaspoon smoked paprika; 1/3 cup good medium Sherry; 3/4 teaspoon saffron threads, crushed; 1 cup vegetable stock; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups quartered cherry tomatoes; 23/4 cups peeled fava beans, fresh or frozen, or frozen lima beans; 1/2 cup roughly chopped Italian parsley; 20 pitted Kalamata olives, halved; 1 recipe Brown Derby Pot-Pie Pastry Tops

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Ingredients

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 Spanish onions, thinly sliced
2 medium red and 2 medium yellow bell peppers, thinly sliced
2 bulbs fennel, thinly sliced
6 cloves garlic, crushed
3 bay leaves
11/2 teaspoons ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/3 cup good medium Sherry
3/4 teaspoon saffron threads, crushed
1 cup vegetable stock
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups quartered cherry tomatoes
23/4 cups peeled fava beans, fresh or frozen, or frozen lima beans
1/2 cup roughly chopped Italian parsley
20 pitted Kalamata olives, halved
1 recipe Brown Derby Pot-Pie Pastry Tops

Directions

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