Beef Stilton And Guinness Pie Recipes

BEEF, STILTON AND GUINNESS PIE

Steps:

• Cut 1kg braising beef into large chunks. Put the beef, 2 chopped cloves of garlic, a small bunch of thyme leaves, 1 tbsp black peppercorns and 500ml Guinness into a bowl. Cover and marinate for 2 hours.
• Take out the beef, pat dry and toss in 6 tbsp flour. Strain the marinade and keep the liquid. Heat some oil in a casserole dish and brown the beef all over. Remove, brown 8 halved shallots in the dish, then return the beef and the marinade to the pan. Cover and simmer for about 1½ hours or until tender.
• Heat the oven to 200c/fan 180c/gas 6. Roll out a 500g block of puff pastry to the thickness of a pound coin. Sprinkle 100g stilton over one half, fold the other half on top and roll again to the same thickness. Cut out pastry to fit the tops of 4 pie dishes (or use one big one). Divide the filling between the dishes, brush a little beaten egg around the rims and top with pastry. Crimp the edges and brush with more egg. Cook for 20-25 minutes until the pastry is golden.

BEEF, STILTON AND GUINNESS PIE

Steps:

• Put beef, garlic, thyme, peppercorns and Guinness into a bowl. Cover and marinate for 2-3 hours (preferably overnight). Take out the beef, pat dry and toss in the flour (strain the marinade and keep the liquid). Heat some oil in a large casserole and brown beef all over in batches - you want it to colour, not stew. Remove beef to a plate. Brown shallots in the casserole, then return beef, mushrooms and marinade to pan. Cover and simmer for about 2 hours or until beef is tender (or cook in oven on 160°C). Cool slightly. Heat the oven to 400. Roll the pastry to the thickness of a $2 coin. Cut around the tops of 4 pie dishes (or use one big one). Divide the filling between the dishes, brush a little egg around the rims and top with pastry. Trim the edges, then brush more egg over the top. Cook for 35 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden. For the Shortcrust Pastry: 400g = flour salt 100g = butter 100g = lard/crisco 4-6 tbsp cold water to mix Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Cut fat into cubes and add this to flour. Use fingertips to rub the fat into the flour until the mixutre resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the water very gradually stirring it with a knife. When dough just sticks together, knead it lightly until it forms a ball. Wrap in cling film and allow to rest in the fridge for 15 minutes or up to 2 days.

BEEF AND GUINNESS PIE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Pat beef dry. Stir together flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Add beef, turning to coat, then shake off excess and transfer to a plate. Heat oil in a wide 5- to 6-quart ovenproof heavy pot over moderately high heat until just smoking, then brown meat in 3 batches, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes per batch, transferring to a bowl.
• Add onion, garlic, and water to pot and cook, scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pot and stirring frequently, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in beef with any juices accumulated in bowl, broth, beer, Worcestershire sauce, peppercorns, and thyme and bring to a simmer, then cover and transfer to oven. Braise until beef is very tender and sauce is thickened, about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Discard thyme and cool stew completely, uncovered, about 30 minutes. (If stew is warm while assembling pies, it will melt uncooked pastry top.)
• Put a shallow baking pan on middle rack of oven and increase oven temperature to 425°F.
• Divide cooled stew among bowls (they won't be completely full). Roll out pastry dough on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 13-inch square, about 1/8 inch thick. Trim edges and cut dough into quarters. Stir together egg and water and brush a 1-inch border of egg wash around each square. Invert 1 square over each bowl and drape, pressing sides lightly to help adhere. Brush pastry tops with some of remaining egg wash and freeze 15 minutes to thoroughly chill dough.
• Bake pies in preheated shallow baking pan until pastry is puffed and golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 400°F and bake 5 minutes more to fully cook dough.

BEEF AND STILTON PIE

Steps:

• Use the pastry to line a medium sized oven proof pie dish.
• For the pie filling, place the beef, garlic, thyme, peppercorns and ale into a bowl. Cover with cling film and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 2-3 hours, but preferably overnight.
• Remove the beef from the marinade, pat dry with kitchen paper and dredge in the seasoned flour. Strain the marinade through a fine sieve into a clean bowl and set aside.
• Heat the oil and 1 tbsp of the butter in a flameproof casserole dish and fry the beef in small batches for 2-3 minutes each time, or until browned all over. Once the meat is browned, remove from the casserole dish and set aside.
• Return the casserole dish to the heat and fry the mushrooms and shallots for 4-5 minutes, or until softened.
• Return the beef and the reserved marinating liquid to the casserole and add the beef stock. Cover with a lid and gently simmer for 1½ hours, or until the beef is tender.
• Strain off half of the cooking liquid from the casserole dish and set aside to make gravy for serving.
• Crumble the Stilton into the casserole and stir until melted. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper and set aside to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
• Put the pie filling into the pie shell and top with a layer of pastry. -Remember to cut slits in the top and crimp the edges together, then glaze with beaten egg.
• Cook for approx 40 mins until pastry is golden.
• Place the reserved cooking liquid into a clean pan and simmer for 8-10 minutes, or until reduced to a gravy consistency. Stir in the remaining tbsp of butter until melted, and the sauce is smooth and glossy. Keep warm.
• Serve the pie with the gravy and veg (celeriac mash goes well).