Dad’s Favourite Steak and Guinness Pie

Ingredients

500g (1 lb 2 oz) braising steak, cubed

2-3 tbsp oil

1 large onion, chopped

2 tbsp plain flour

500ml of Guinness

Salt and black pepper

225g (8 oz) mushrooms, sliced or quartered

280g (10 oz) puff pastry

Beaten egg to glaze

Serves 4

Method

1. Using the boiling plate, heat the oil and fry off the meat in two or three batches until browned, setting to one side.

2. Fry the onions, then add the flour and allow cook for a minute before slowly stirring in the Guinness. Return the meat to the pan, season and add the mushrooms. Simmer for 5 minutes.

3. Transfer to the simmering oven using the floor grid for 2 hours until tender. Cool.

4. Place the meat mixture into a pie dish and roll out the pastry to cover the top, glaze with the beaten egg.

5. Place on the grid shelf on the floor of the roasting oven and cook for 20-25 minutes until risen and golden.