Guinness beef pies
- TM31
- TM5
- TM6
- Difficulty Easy
- Active time 15 minutes
- Total time 2 hours 15 minutes
- Servings 6 portions
- 1 brown onion, cut into quarters
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 carrots, cut into pieces
- 2 celery stalks, cut into pieces
- 1 sprig fresh sage, leaves only
- 1 sprig fresh thyme, leaves only
- 40 g unsalted butter
- 500 g stewing beef (gravy beef or chuck steak), cut into pieces (3 cm)
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 6 - 10 button mushrooms, cut into quarters
- 100 g bacon, cut into pieces (2 cm) (optional)
- 200 g Guinness®
- 1 tbsp fish sauce (optional)
- salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 3 - 4 sheets puff pastry (see Tips)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
Preparation
- Place onion, garlic, carrots, celery, sage and thyme into mixing bowl and chop
3 sec/speed 5 . - Add butter and sauté
3 min/Varoma/speed .
- Add beef, cornflour, mushrooms and bacon (optional) and sauté
5 min/Varoma/ .
/speed - Add Guinness®, fish sauce (optional), salt and pepper and cook
60 min/80°C/ ./speed - Stir beef with aid of spatula and cook
25-35 min/80°C/ or until beef is tender. Set aside to cool (approx. 15 minutes)./speed - Preheat oven to 200°C. Divide meat mixture between 6 individual pie dishes (14 cm - see Tips). Cut pastry sheets into halves. Place a pastry sheet over each pie tin to cover filling, then trim edges. Seal pies by pressing pastry down around edges of pie tins. Cut 2 small slits in the top of each pie and brush pastry with beaten egg. Bake for 15-20 minutes (200°C) or until pastry is puffed and golden. Serve warm.
Tips & Tricks
- Please refer to Cookidoo® to make your own puff pastry.
- You can make the pie filling in advance and store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month. Simply thaw before using and proceed as per recipe.
- Depending on the shape and capacity of your pie dishes, you may make between 6-8 individual pies.
- To make one large pie, place filling into a large pie dish (24 cm), cover with 1-2 sheets of puff pastry and proceed as per recipe.
- Serve with a salad or vegetables of choice.
