Slow Cooked Beef Pie
Seriously….this is worth the effort! For a belly warming flavoursome pie that’s a meal all on its own!
Prep: 30 min | Cook: 6-8 hrs | Serves: 4
Slow Cooked Beef Pie
Stage 1:
1kg chuck, rump or oyster blade beef steak, fat trimmed + diced
1 tbsp butter
1 large garlic clove, finely diced
1 brown onion, sliced
2 carrots, peeled + finely diced
2 celery sticks, diced
1 cup finely diced broccoli
Stage 2:
3 tbsp wholemeal plain flour
1 cup beef stock
1 tbsp dijon mustard
¼ cup cooking cream
Stage 3:
3 sheets puff or shortcrust pastry
1 egg, whisked, for glazing
01 Heat butter in a large frypan over high heat. Add beef and stir for 2 mins, until browned. Add remaining stage 1 ingredients and cook for 5 mins, stirring.
02 Add flour for last minute of cooking and mix in. Transfer to slow cooker.
03 Mix stage 2 ingredients in a jug and pour over beef mixture. Season and cover with a lid. Cook for 5 hours on high or 8 hours on low, or until tender.
04 Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 25cm pie dish and line with pastry. Blind bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and scoop beef mixture onto pastry. Place pastry on top and brush with egg. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
Dietaries:
For an egg free option, omit the eggs.
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