WINTER BEEF AND MUSHROOM PIE
WINTER BEEF AND MUSHROOM PIE
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Winter is truly here!!! We made something to warm you up – a delicious pie filled with melting tender beef, mushrooms, baby onions and a rich gravy.
You can use any mushrooms in this dish, but we love using darker varieties like portobello mushrooms – they give the gravy a really rich, dark colour.
What you’ll love: The pie is suitable for freezing so you can make a big batch and freeze it.
You can use any mushrooms in this dish, but we love using darker varieties like portobello mushrooms – they give the gravy a really rich, dark colour.
What you’ll love: The pie is suitable for freezing so you can make a big batch and freeze it.
Persons
4
Cook Time
2 hours, 50 minutes
Total Time
2 hours, 50 minutes
Ingredients
- What you’ll need:
- 30 ml Avocado oil
- 40g Butter
- 1 kg CHALMAR Beef cubes
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 500g Small pickling onions, peeled,
- ends trimmed
- 500g Mushrooms, cut into quarters
- 200g Bacon, streaky, chopped (optional)
- 2 Garlic cloves, crushed
- 40g Flour
- 500ml Red wine
- 500ml Beef stock
- 2 Sprigs fresh rosemary
- 4 Sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 Bouquet garni* (bundle of herbs, tied with string so you can remove after cooking)
- 400g Ready-rolled frozen puff pastry, just thawed
- 1 Egg, lightly whisked
Instructions
- Method:
- How to make the Beef and Mushroom Pie:
- Preheat the oven to 180º C. Heat 15 ml oil and 20g butter in a deep cast iron pot or oven-proof saucepan. Season the meat with salt and black pepper. Brown the meat in batches on both sides and then set aside in a bowl.
- Add some more oil to the pot and sauté the onions until soft. Combine with the beef. Turn up the heat and add mushrooms. Fry until nicely coloured. Stir in the bacon and garlic and cook for another minute. Transfer to bowl.
- Melt the remaining butter in a pan over medium heat until foaming. Add the flour and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to dislodge any bits that have cooked onto the base, for 2 minutes or until mixture bubbles. Return beef, onions, mushrooms and bacon to pot. Add wine, stock and cook, stirring for 1 minute or until combined. Bring to boil.
- Remove from heat. Stir in the rosemary, thyme and bouquet garni. Bake in the oven, covered, stirring occasionally, for 2 hours or until the beef is tender and the sauce thickens slightly. Set aside for 30 minutes to cool. Remove bouquet garni and any sticks of the herbs.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C
- Transfer the Beef filling to a 2 litre capacity oven-proof dish. Roll the pastry out on a floured surface to about 3-4mm thickness. Lift carefully and lay over the beef filling. Trim the edges and brush with egg wash. Use the pastry scraps to decorate the top of the pie.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the pastry is golden and cooked through.
- Serve: When the weather cools, pies prefer roasted root vegetables.
Notes
Chalmar Farm Kitchen advice:
Tips to make crisp and golden pies every time:
- Don’t allow bought frozen pastry to thaw completely – when it’s just thawed, work quickly or you may stretch the pastry. Cool the pie filling before placing it in a pastry case or pie dish before baking. If the filling is warm or hot, it will begin to heat the pastry, making it soggy and greasy.
- Preheat the oven to the right temperature before you begin baking. To rise properly without going soggy, the pastry needs instant heat.
- Cut a cross in the centre of the pie to allow steam to escape. If you don’t, the steam will become trapped and make the filling too moist, which prevents the pastry from becoming crisp.
- For larger pies use a pie funnel to help the steam escape easily. If you don’t have one, cut a larger cross (about 4cm wide).
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