Beef And Guinness Pie Food

STEAK AND GUINNESS PIE - JAMIE OLIVER

Steps:

• Season your beef generously with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the flour and toss around until all pieces are well coated.
• Heat olive oil, over med.-high heat, in a large casserole type pan and brown the meat. Make sure to not crowd your meat. You may do this in two batches, if necessary.
• Add the onion and cook for 1 more minute. Then add the carrots, potatoes and fresh herbs. Cook for another 4 minutes. Add the Guinness and tomatoes and bring to a boil. Stir and turn down the heat to simmer. Simmer this mixture for about 2 hours or until the meat is very tender. The sauce should be thick and intensely flavored. Season if needed.
• To make pies:.
• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
• Put your meat filling into a large, round baking dish. You could also make individual pies. Any high-sided round ovenproof bowl is fine.
• Roll out the pastry, dusting with flour as you go, until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Cut out a large circle (or individual circles for smaller servings) - about 1/2 inch bigger than the top of your bowl. Brush the rim(s) of the bowl with the beaten egg, then place the pastry circle(s) on top, pushing the excess pastry down the outside of the bowl to secure. Lightly score the top of the pastry in a criss-cross manner and brush with more of the beaten egg.
• Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for about 45 minutes or until golden and bubbling.

BEEF, MUSHROOM AND GUINNESS® PIE

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, and brown the beef stew meat on all sides, about 10 minutes; set aside. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and cook the bacon just until it begins to brown; stir in the onion, carrot, mushrooms, garlic, and sugar. Cook the vegetables until soft and browned, 10 to 15 more minutes.
• Stir in the flour until smoothly incorporated, and gradually mix in the Irish stout beer and beef stock. Mix in the thyme, bay leaves, and the reserved cooked beef. Cover, and bring the mixture to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer until the meat is tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes; stir occasionally. Remove the cover, turn the heat up to medium, and let the stew boil until slightly thickened, about 15 more minutes. Mix cornstarch with water, and stir into the stew; let simmer for 30 more minutes to blend flavors. Remove from heat; discard bay leaves.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread the filling into a 9-inch pie dish; trim the puff pastry into a 10-inch circle, and place on top of the filling. Pinch and crimp the edges of the pastry with a fork, sealing it to the dish; cut 2 steam vents into the pastry with a sharp knife. Brush the top of the pie with beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is browned, 30 to 40 minutes.

BEEF, GUINNESS AND STILTON PIE

Steps:

• Put the seasoned flour in a large bowl or bag. Add the beef and coat it well. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pan and cook the beef in 2 batches for 3-4 minutes until browned all over.
• Transfer it to a casserole dish. Preheat the oven to or 160°C (150 fan) Add the onion and garlic and another tablespoon of the oil to the pan and cook them for 5 minutes until softened.
• Pour in the Guinness and stock. Bring to the boil and add the sugar, salt, Worcestershire sauce, dried herbs and bay leaf. Stir well and then pour over the meat.
• Cover and cook in the oven for two hours. Add the button mushrooms for the last 30 minutes of cooking. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 200°C (180 fan) Roll out the pastry on a lightly-floured surface to at least 5cm (2in) larger than the top of a pudding or pie dish. Cut out a circle, and then score it. Spoon the meat mixture into the bowl and add pieces of Stilton. Wet around the top of the dish, place a collar of pastry around, made from trimmings, and then put on the lid. Seal the edges well; tuck the excess pastry under the rim.
• Glaze with beaten egg. Place on a baking sheet, below the centre of the oven, and bake for 45-50 minutes, until the pastry is golden.

MASH-TOPPED BEEF & GUINNESS PIE

Steps:

• Peel and roughly chop the onions, garlic and carrots, then trim and roughly chop the celery. Tie the bay and thyme sprigs together with string.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large casserole pan over a medium heat. and add the vegetables and herbs. Toss everything in the oil to coat, then season.
• Cook, covered, for 10 minutes, or until the veg is softening, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a plate.
• Toss the beef in the flour and season, then add to the pan and cook until browned all over (you may need to do this in batches).
• Deglaze the pan with the Guinness. Add the veg and herbs, then top up with water if needed, to just cover the meat and veg.
• Stir in the brown sugar. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the meat is tender.
• Cook the potatoes in a large pan of boiling salted water, then drain.
• Mash with the milk, butter and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
• Preheat the oven to 200ºC/400ºF/gas 6.
• Put the meat in an ovenproof dish, top with the mash and drizzle with oil. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden and crisping up.

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 GUINNESS PIE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large bowl, add the flour, salt, and butter.
• With your fingers or a pastry blender , work the butter into the flour until it is the texture of fine breadcrumbs. Work as quickly as possible to avoid warming the dough.
• Add 2 tablespoons of very cold water, stirring it into the dough using a cold knife until it binds together and can be formed into a ball. If it becomes too dry, add more water 1 teaspoon at a time.
• Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes, or up to 30 minutes.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large bowl, place the flour and it season with salt and ground black pepper.
• Add the cubes of meat and toss well in the flour until evenly coated.
• In a large, heavy-based, flameproof casserole dish, heat the butter and oil until the butter has melted. Add the meat to the fat in small batches and brown quickly all over for just a minute, then remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add the onions and carrots to the pan and fry gently for about 2 minutes.
• Return the meat to the pan, and add the Worcestershire sauce, tomato puree, Guinness, hot beef stock, and sugar. Grind in plenty of black pepper and a little salt, stir well and bring to the boil.
• Cover, reduce to a gentle simmer , and cook slowly for about 2 hours until the meat is tender and the sauce has thickened and is glossy.
• Remove from the heat, place into a 2 1/2-pint (1 1/2-liter) deep pie dish, and leave to cool completely.
• Heat the oven to 400 F/200 C/Gas 6. Roll out the pastry to 1/8-inch / 3-millimeter thick. Cut a 3/4-inch / 2-centimeter strip from the rolled-out pastry.
• Brush the rim of the pie dish with water and place the pastry strip around the rim, pressing it down.
• Cut out the remaining pastry about 1-inch / 2 1/2 centimeters larger than the pie dish.
• Place a pie funnel (also called a pie bird ) in the center of the filling; it will support the pastry and stop it from sinking into the filling and becoming soggy.
• Place the pastry lid over the top and press down to the edge and seal. Trim off any excess pastry and crimp the edges with a fork or between your thumb and forefinger.
• Brush the top with the beaten egg and make a hole in the center to reveal the pie funnel. You can also decorate the top of the pie with pastry trimmings as you like.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden.

STEAK AND GUINNESS PIE

Steps:

• First things first: Chop your onions and carrots if you use any. Try not to cry too much, there's loads of them out there! Then in a large bowl mix 25gr of flour with salt and black pepper. Rinse the beef goulash and drain, then add it to the seasoned flour and have fun tossing it around until every chunk of meat is coated.
• Heat some oil in a pressure cooker and fry the meat for a few minutes until browned. Place the meat back into the 'flour bowl' while you fry the onions/carrots in the same pot for a few minutes.
• When everything is nicely browned (except for the carrots, naturally) tip the meat back into the pot, as well as all the other ingredients for the filling (beer, stock, worcester sauce, tomato puree, sugar).
• Once you've stirred it all together and admired the brown colour, feel free to taste, then put the lid on and cook according to the instructions for you pressure pot. (For me this means heat it up until it starts to whistle, turn the heat down to low, leave it like this for about 30 minutes and then turn the heat off until the pressure subsides (the whistling stops) and it's safe to open.) Be careful!
• While the stew cooks, add flour, salt and fat (whichever you choose) in a bowl and attack it with a cutlery knife or fork. Wildly mash and chop it until it starts to come together, then knead it very briefly so that you end up with a ball of pastry and place it, wrapped up in a plastic bag, into your fridge until the stew is ready.
• As you open the pot, admire the colour once more, have a taste and heat it up to bubble madly until the beer/stock/sauce is reduced to a thick, shiny, dark brown coating on the meat. This probably takes another half hour/up to one hour (depending on how you define 'madly bubbling').
• Once it's reduced to a very sorry state for beer, have another taste (you'll find that you won't need to season anymore AT ALL because it's massively tasty!) AND a) eat it now as a stew with yorkshire puddings and/or mash and/or peas or everything together OR b) leave to cool down and fill into a pie dish (20cm), then pre-heat your oven to 200°C. Once it's reached its temperature, roll out your dough to 3mm and cover the top of your stew. Brush with beaten egg and pierce with a fork several times to allow any steam to get out.
• Bake for around 30 minutes until the crust is browned and starts to show signs of flaking. Admire your work once more as you take it out of the oven and be a proud chef while you burn your tongue as you can't wait any longer to eat it...

BEEF AND GUINNESS STEW

Steps:

• Trim the meat of any fat or gristle, and cut into 2-inch cubes. Toss beef with 1 tablespoon of the oil. In a small bowl, season the flour with salt, pepper and cayenne. Toss meat with seasoned flour. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over high heat. Brown the meat on all sides. Reduce the heat, add the onions, crushed garlic and tomato puree to the skillet, cover, and cook gently for 5 minutes. Transfer the contents of the skillet to a casserole and pour half of the Guinness into the skillet. Bring Guinness to a boil and stir to dissolve the caramelized meat juices on the pan. Pour over the meat, along with the remaining Guinness. Add the carrots and thyme. Stir and adjust seasonings. Cover the casserole and simmer over low heat, or in a 300 degree F oven until the meat is tender, 2 to 3 hours. Garnish the beef with parsley and serve.