Puff Pastry Roast Beef Pot Pies Food

INDIVIDUAL BEEF POT PIES

Steps:

• Thaw puff pastry sheet according to package directions, about 40 minutes.
• At the same time, dice onion and cut red potatoes into 1 inch cubes, leaving the skin on the potatoes.
• Heat 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a medium sauce pan over med heat. Pat stew meat dry, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and add to pan. Cook and stir occasionally, until browned. Remove to plate and set aside.
• Add the other 1/2 tablespoon olive oil to pan. Add mushrooms and cook until liquid is gone.
• Stir in minced garlic, thyme, beef broth, and Worcestershire sauce.
• Add potatoes, onions and browned meat back into pan.
• Bring to boil, reduce to simmer, cover and cook until potatoes are cooked and beef is tender, about 15 minutes.
• Whisk together cornstarch and 1/4 cup cold water. Add to stew, stir and cook until thickened, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Stir in parsley and frozen peas & carrots mix. Sprinkle with salt to taste.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 C).
• Turn one 20 oz oven safe bowl upside down on thawed puff pastry sheet and cut around it with a small knife. I recommend these 20 oz oven safe bowls.
• Repeat for second crust.
• If desired, cut small shapes out of leftover dough.
• Spray 20 oz oven safe baking dishes with non-stick spray and place on foil lined baking sheet.
• Pour stew into prepared bowls.
• Place puff pastry rounds on top and gently stretch and press puff pastry edges over lips of bowls, or tuck puff pastries down inside bowls on top of stew.
• Whisk egg with 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl and brush onto puff pastry tops.
• If using extra little shapes place on top of pastry rounds and brush with egg wash.
• Bake 25 minutes until crusts are golden and filling is bubbly.
• Let pot pies cool about 10 minutes before serving to allow filling to thicken.
• Serve on cork trivets or pot holders to protect surfaces from the heat. I recommend these cork trivets.

PUFF PASTRY ROAST BEEF POT PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir stew meat until browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Add onion; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Add potatoes, carrots, celery, and garlic; cook and stir until slightly tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir flour, butter, bay leaf, salt, and pepper into stew meat mixture; cook and stir until flour is dissolved and a gravy is forming, about 2 minutes. Pour beef stock over meat mixture, scraping brown bits of food off the bottom with a wooden spoon; cook until gravy begins to thicken, about 5 minutes.
• Mix milk and rosemary into stew meat-gravy mixture; continue cooking over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes. Stir peas into mixture.
• Pour stew meat-gravy mixture into individual pot pie pans or a 12-inch cast iron skillet; top with puff pastry, crimping the sides of the pastry down tightly. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is puffed and golden, 30 to 45 minutes.

BEEF POT PIES

Steps:

• Melt the butter with the olive oil in a heavy pot. Sear the meat over medium-high heat in batches until brown, 4 to 5 minutes; remove to a plate.
• Add the carrots, celery and shallots and saute until the vegetables start to wilt, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium low, add the mustard, garlic and 1 tablespoon of the flour and saute for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in the wine, beef broth and 1 cup water. Add salt and pepper to taste and stir. Bring to a boil. Return the browned meat to the pot and reduce the heat to low. Add the bay leaves and thyme sprigs, then cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.
• After 45 minutes, mix the remaining 2 tablespoons flour with a little water and pour into the stew. Cook and thicken for 10 more minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the puff pastry sheets one by one to get rid of the creases. Set a 6- to 8-inch ovensafe skillet upside down on a pastry sheet and cut a circle around it, making it 1/2 inch larger than the dish. Repeat with the remaining 5 skillets using all of the pastry sheets; discard the scraps.
• Put the 6 skillets onto 2 baking sheets and fill the skillets with the cooled beef mixture. Sprinkle over some chopped bacon and 1/2 teaspoon chopped parsley on each.
• Top each skillet with a pastry circle, pressing along the edges to seal. Mix together the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl to make an egg wash. Brush each pastry lid with the egg wash. Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

PROVOLONE BEEF PASTRY POCKETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onion; cook and stir 5-7 minutes or until tender and liquid is evaporated. Remove from pan; cool completely., Drain beef, discarding sauce or saving for another use. Coarsely chop beef. In a small bowl, whisk egg and water., Unfold one sheet of puff pastry. On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a 15x9-in. rectangle; cut crosswise into thirds, making three 5-in.-wide rectangles., Place a cheese slice on one half of each rectangle, trimming cheese to fit. Top each with a rounded tablespoon mushroom mixture and scant 3 tablespoons beef. Lightly brush edges of pastry with egg mixture. Fold pastry over filling; press edges with a fork to seal. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining pastry sheet and filling., Brush tops with egg mixture. Bake 17-20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Freeze option: Freeze unbaked pastries on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet until firm. Transfer to a resealable plastic freezer bag; return to freezer. To use, bake frozen pastries on a parchment-lined baking sheet in a preheated 400° oven 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and heated through.

BEEF AND POTATO HAND PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook until translucent, 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.
• Add beef and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 minutes. Stir in paprika, potato, and raisins; season to taste with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
• On a lightly floured work surface, gently roll out puff pastry sheets to smooth creases. Cut each sheet into 4 squares. Place 1/3 cup beef mixture in center of each pastry square. Brush edges lightly with water, fold over filling to form triangles, press to seal, and sprinkle with paprika.
• Transfer to two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets and bake until pastry is golden and puffed, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before serving.

ROAST BEEF POTPIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, saute the carrots, potatoes and onion in oil until crisp-tender. Add the beef roast, cilantro, salt and pepper. Combine flour and broth until smooth; gradually stir into the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 2 minutes., Transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Place pie crust over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in crust; brush with egg. Bake until golden brown, 30-35 minutes., Freeze Option: Cover and freeze unbaked pie. To use, remove from freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 375°; bake until a thermometer inserted in center reads 165° and crust is golden brown, 70-80 minutes.

BEEF POT PIE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet, cook bay leaf, oregano, onions and mushrooms in olive oil until soft. Stir in garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes, and meat.
• Cook and stir for 10 minutes, or until meat starts to brown. Pour in wine. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer for 35 to 45 minutes.
• Place in pie dish, sprinkle with parsley, and cover with pastry. Brush with egg whites.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

UPTOWN BEEF PIE

Steps:

• Set the pastry out to thaw. Heat the oven to 400°F.
• Season the beef as desired. Heat a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef, onion and garlic powder and cook until the beef is well browned, stirring often to separate meat. Pour off any fat.
• Stir the gravy, Worcestershire and vegetables in the skillet and cook until the mixture is hot. Pour the beef mixture into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
• Unfold the pastry sheet and place it over the beef mixture. Fold the edges of the pastry under itself to fit the pie plate (this doubled edge makes for a nicer-looking crust). Using a fork, crimp the edge of the pastry to the edge of the pie plate (or you can flute the pastry edge with your fingers).
• Bake for 25 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown.

LOW FAT CHICKEN POT PIE WITH PUFF PASTRY!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Bring broth to a boil in a large dutch oven. Add peas, both kinds of potatoes, celery root, parsnip, and onions to pan. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 6 minutes.
• Add chicken. Cook 5 minutes or until done.
• Remove chicken and veggies from broth with slotted spoon and set in a large bowl.
• Increase heat to medium. Spoon flour lightly into measuring cup, level with knife. Place all but 1 T. of flour into a medium bowl and gradually add milk, whisking until well blended.
• Add milk mixture to the broth and cook for 5 minutes until thickened, stirring frequently.
• Stir in chicken and veggies, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper.
• Spoon mixture into an 11 x 7 baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle remaining 1 T. of flour on work surface and roll pastry dough into a 9X13 rectangle. Place pastry over the chicken mixture, pressing to seal at the edges of the dish. Cut slits in dough for steam to escape and spray top lightly with cooking spray.
• Place on a foil lined baking dish (to make clean up easy if there is a bubble over). Bake at 400 degrees for 16 minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is bubbly.

KITTENCAL'S BEEF POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Prepare a 10-inch deep-dish pie plate or use a medium casserole dish.
• In a small saucepan cook the cubed potatoes and diced carrots together in boiling water with a teaspoon of salt until the potatoes are JUST until fork-tender (about 6-8 minutes) they should cook at the same time, don't worry if the carrots are a bit more firmer (do not overcook the potatoes) drain and set a side.
• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add in onion, celery, dried chili flakes (if using) saute until soft (about 3-4 minutes).
• Add in garlic and cook 2 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato paste for 1 minute.
• Stir in flour, then whisk for 1 minute.
• Add in the gravy (or consomme or broth) whisk until thickened (about 2-3 minutes).
• Add in the Worcestershire sauce (ONLY if you are using just the beef broth, if you are using leftover beef gravy then omit).
• Add in the cooked beef and mushrooms; simmer for about 15-20 minutes on top of stove.
• Add in the cooked potatoes and carrots; mix to combine.
• Season with salt if needed.
• Pour the mixture into deep-dish pie plate or casserole dish.
• Top with pie pastry, leaving about 1-1/2 inches all around the dish.
• Flute the ends of the pastry all around the dish, then cut a couple of slits on top to let steam escape.
• Place on a baking sheet to catch any spills.
• Bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until the filling is bubbly and the pastry is browned.
• Delicious!