Dutch Oven Beef Pot Pie Recipes

BEEF POT PIES

Steps:

• Prep the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Sear the beef. Heat the vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season the beef generously with salt and pepper. Add the meat in batches to the Dutch oven and sear for about 5 minutes or until meat starts to brown. Transfer meat to a plate and repeat with remaining meat.
• Saute veggies. Add the onion, carrots and mushrooms to the same pot and saute until the vegetables are softened, for 5 minutes. Stir the bottom of the pot to scrape all the brown bits.
• Add beef back and liquids. Add the beef back to the pot. Sprinkle the flour over the meat and vegetables and cook for 1 more minute. Add the tomato paste, garlic and cook for another 30 seconds. Pour in the Guinness and cook for about 2 minutes. Pour in the beef broth, add the beef bouillon cube, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, thyme, bay leaf and stir everything together.
• Braise in the oven. Bring to a simmer, cover and transfer to the oven. Cook for 2 to 2½ hours in the oven or until beef is tender. Remove Dutch oven from the oven and stir in the peas. Discard the bay leaf.
• Prep the pastry. Roll out the puff pastry sheets and cut into 6-8 inch rounds, making sure each round is it's at least ½ to 1 inch larger than the baking dishes.
• Assemble the pot pies. Place beef mixture into each ramekin. Top each ramekin with pastry circle, pressing the edges to seal. Brush with egg wash and cut slits into the pastry.
• Bake. Transfer the ramekins to the oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. Let the pot pies cool for 10 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN POT PIE IN A DUTCH OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat the butter and oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once the butter has melted, add the carrot, celery, onion, garlic and bay leaf. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables begin to soften, 5 to 8 minutes. Push the vegetables to the outer edges of the pot making a "hot spot" for the ground chicken. Add a drizzle of oil to the center of the pan and then the ground chicken. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and the poultry seasoning. Cook until the chicken is brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and cook for 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and chicken stock. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the sauce begins to thicken. Season with salt and pepper and add the parsley, rosemary and sage. Stir and set aside.
• To cook the puff pastry, butter and flour the lid of the Dutch oven (you want to use the underbelly of the lid). Whisk the egg and water together and brush the puff pastry pieces. Lay on the underbelly of the Dutch oven and place in the oven. Bake until the pastry has risen and is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• To assemble, ladle the chicken pot pie filling into a bowl and place the a puff pastry piece on top. Serve and enjoy!

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POT PIE

Steps:

• 1. Place meat in a Dutch oven and cover with water. Cook until meat pulls apart easily with a fork.
• 2. Meanwhile, add flour to a mixing bowl. Mix eggs and water, then add to flour. Mix until you get a nice ball of dough (add additional flour if too sticky, but do so sparingly - you don't want dough that is too dry). Additionally, if dough is too dry, add more water a tsp. at a time. Roll out dough to about 1/8″ thick - if using gluten-free flour, you'll want to roll the dough between plastic wrap since it's usually much stickier than regular flour dough. Cut the dough into small squares.
• 3. One the meat is done and pulled apart, add the stock and bring to a boil.
• 4. Add potatoes, onions, and dough squares in batches, stirring after each batch of dough squares (to prevent them from sticking to each other).
• 5. Add parsley, salt and pepper; cook about 15 minutes (until dough squares are cooked through....pull one out and cut in half to check. They should be uniform in color - if the very middle is still darker, it's not cooked enough).

ABERDEEN BEEF PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain. Brown the beef in drippings in batches; drain and set beef aside. Add onion to the pan; saute until crisp-tender. Add carrots, bacon and beef. , Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the flour, broth and Worcestershire sauce until smooth; add to beef mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until meat is tender, 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Stir in peas, salt and pepper. Transfer to an ungreased 11x7-in. baking dish. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out crust into a 12x8-in. rectangle. Cut slits in crust. Place over filling; trim and seal edges. If desired, brush with beaten egg. Bake until crust is golden and filling is bubbly, 35-40 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.