Steak Pie With Guinness

21 ingredients
14 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon English mustard powder
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • 1 kg stewing beef, trimmed and cut into cubes
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 cups Guinness stout
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup chestnut mushrooms, halved if large
  • PASTRY CRUST
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • salt
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
  • black pepper, freshly ground
  • 1/2 cup suet, shredded

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  2. 2
    Combine the flour, mustard and pepper, then coat the beef in th emixture.
  3. 3
    Heat 2 TB of oil in a heavy based frying pan. Fry a third of the beef for 3-4 minutes until browned. Transfer to an oven proof dish and fry the rest of the beef in 2 more batches.
  4. 4
    Add a tablespoon of oil to the pan, then fry the onions for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
  5. 5
    Stir in the Guinness, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, thyme and sugar and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
  6. 6
    Pour over the beef, then cover and cook for 2 hours.
  7. 7
    Remove the dish and increase the oven temperature to 190°C
  8. 8
    Fry the mushrooms in the rest of the oil. Stir into the beef, then transfer to a 15x20cm pie dish.
  9. 9
    PASTRY CRUST:
  10. 10
    Sift together the flour, baking powder and half a tspn of salt, then add the thyme, and pepper to taste.
  11. 11
    Stir in the suet and bind with 10-12 tablespoons of water to forn a soft dough.
  12. 12
    Roll out the dough, dampen the edges of the dish and cover it with the pastry.
  13. 13
    Trim, then make a small slit in the centre.
  14. 14
    Cook for 30-40 minutes, until golden.

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