Steak Pie With Guinness

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• salt
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
• black pepper, freshly ground
• 1/2 cup suet, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 160°c.
• 2 combine the flour, mustard and pepper, then coat the beef in th emixture.
• 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 add a tablespoon of oil to the pan, then fry the onions for 5 minutes. add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
• 5 stir in the guinness, worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, thyme and sugar and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• 6 pour over the beef, then cover and cook for 2 hours.
• 7 remove the dish and increase the oven temperature to 190°c
• 8 fry the mushrooms in the rest of the oil. stir into the beef, then transfer to a 15x20cm pie dish.
• 9 pastry crust:.
• 10 sift together the flour, baking powder and half a tspn of salt, then add the thyme, and pepper to taste.
• 11 stir in the suet and bind with 10-12 tablespoons of water to forn a soft dough.
• 12 roll out the dough, dampen the edges of the dish and cover it with the pastry.
• 13 trim, then make a small slit in the centre.
• 14 cook for 30-40 minutes, until golden.