Nathan Anthony’s slow cooker steak and Guinness pie
SERVES
6
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
10
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
505
MINUTES
CUISINE
COURSE
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Method
Throw all the ingredients, except the pastry and egg, in the slow cooker.
Cook on high for four hours or low for seven to eight hours. Discard the bay leaf.
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Top the beef filling with the puff pastry, tuck it round the pie, then brush with the beaten egg.
Pop the ovenproof slow-cooker pot (without the lid) into the oven for 25 minutes until golden and crisp. If your slow-cooker pot isn’t oven-safe, decant the filling into an ovenproof pot, cover with the pastry, brush with the egg and bake as above.
Serve with Tenderstem broccoli, and carrot and parsnip mash, if you like.
Tip: To get the pastry the right size, put your slow cooker lid on top of your puff pastry sheet and cut round it before adding to the slow cooker.
Ingredients
800g beef steak or rump (or 1kg brisket), chopped
440ml can of Guinness
200ml beef stock
1tbsp tomato purée
1tsp dried rosemary
1tsp dried thyme
1tsp dried oregano
1 bay leaf
1tbsp brown sugar
2 carrots, roughly chopped
1 red onion, chopped
1 celery stick, chopped
1 heaped tbsp cornflour
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry
1 egg, beaten, to glaze the pastry
Salt and pepper, to taste
Tenderstem broccoli, and carrot and parsnip mash, to serve (optional)
Method
Throw all the ingredients, except the pastry and egg, in the slow cooker.
Cook on high for four hours or low for seven to eight hours. Discard the bay leaf.
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Top the beef filling with the puff pastry, tuck it round the pie, then brush with the beaten egg.
Pop the ovenproof slow-cooker pot (without the lid) into the oven for 25 minutes until golden and crisp. If your slow-cooker pot isn’t oven-safe, decant the filling into an ovenproof pot, cover with the pastry, brush with the egg and bake as above.
Serve with Tenderstem broccoli, and carrot and parsnip mash, if you like.
Tip: To get the pastry the right size, put your slow cooker lid on top of your puff pastry sheet and cut round it before adding to the slow cooker.
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