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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours
Ingredients:
- FOR THE PASTRY
- 7 oz all purpose/plain flour
- pinch of salt
- 4 oz butter, cubed or an equal mix of butter and lard
- 2 -3 tbsp cold water
- 1 beaten egg, for glaze
- FOR THE FILLING
- 1oz all purpose/plain flour
- 1lb chuck steak cut into 1"/2.5cm cubes
- ¾ oz butter
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 large onions, thinly sliced
- 2 carrots chopped in to 1"/2.5cm cubes
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp tomato puree
- 17 fl/oz Guinness or stout
- 1½ pints hot beef stock
- 2 tsp sugar
- Salt and ground pepper
Preparation:
Make the pastry following these instruction
- Place the flour in a large bowl and season with salt and ground black pepper, add the cubes of meat and toss well in the flour until evenly coated.
- Heat the butter and oil in a large, heavy-based, flameproof casserole dish until the butter has melted. Add the meat to the fat in small batches and brown quickly all over for just a minute, then remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Add the onions and carrots to the pan and fry gently for about 2 minutes then return the meat to the pan with the Worcestershire sauce, tomato puree, ale stock and sugar. Grind in plenty of black pepper and a little salt, stir well and bring to the boil. Cover, reduce to a gentle simmer and cook slowly for about 2 hours until the meat is tender and the sauce has thickened and is glossy. Remove from the heat, place into a 2½ pint/1.5 liter deep pie dish and leave to cool completely.
- Heat oven to 400F.
- Roll out the pastry to 1/8"/3mm. Cut a ¾"/2cm strip from the rolled-out pastry. Brush the rim of the pie dish with water and place the pastry strip around the rim, pressing it down. Cut out the remaining pastry about 1"/2.5cm larger than the dish. Sit a pie funnel in the center of the filling; it will support the pastry and stop it from sinking into the filling and becoming soggy.
- Place the pastry lid over the top and press down to the edge and seal. trim off any excess pastry an crimp the edges with a fork or between your thumb and forefinger. Brush the top with beaten egg and make a hole in the center to reveal the pie funnel. Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden.
taken from original source About.com
http://britishfood.about.com/od/recipeindex/r/beefalepie.htm
