1. Place the flour on a plate, season and coat the
beef in the flour.
2. Heat a casserole pan, add 1 1/2 tablespoons of
oil and brown the beef in batches, remove from the pan.
3. Add the remaining oil and brown the onion,
carrots and mushrooms for 5 minutes.
4. Add the beef back in with the HP Guinness® sauce,
tomato puree, thyme, stock cubes and 750ml water. Bring to the boil
and simmer uncovered for 1 hour 45 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
5. Preheat the oven to 220C, fan 200C, gas 7.
6. Season the beef and then place in a 1.5 litre
ovenproof pie dish.
7. Unroll the pastry and cut enough 1cm strips to
stick to the edge of the pie dish with a little egg. Brush the
pastry edge with more egg and top with the pastry. Using scissors,
trim the pastry so it overhangs the edges of the dish by 2 - 3cm.
Crimp the edges and brush the pastry well with egg, then cut 2 x
2cm slits in the middle of the pie for the steam to escape.
8. Place on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated
oven for 20 minutes until risen and golden brown.
Tip: You can use the off cuts of the pastry as a decoration on
top of the pie. This dish is great to serve as a beef casserole
without the pastry with vegetables, if you are short on time or you
want to be a little healthier.
2 tbsp plain flour
500g braising beef, cut into 3cm cubes
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
2 medium onions, cut into 3cm chunks
2 medium carrots, cut into 3cm chunks
250g Portobello mushrooms, cut into eighths.
6 tbsp HP Guinness® sauce
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 very low salt beef stock cubes
375g ready rolled puff pastry
1 medium egg, beaten