Beef and Guinness pie recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Perfect your baking skills with this delicious Irish pie. Succulent beef and hearty Guinness are a match made in heaven, encased in buttery pastry - the perfect traditional beef pie recipe.
See method- Serves 4-6
- 20 mins to prepare and 2 hours 30 mins to cook
- 564 calories / serving
- Freezable
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 750g stewing beef steak, cubed
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 large carrot, cut into chunks
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1 x 440ml can Guinness or other stout
- 1 beef stock cube
- sprig thyme leaves
- 1 x 375g pack Tesco ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
- 1 egg yolk, beaten
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2360kJ 564.0kcal
- Fat
- 29g
- Saturates
- 8g
- Salt
- 1.3g
- Sugars
- 5g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 36.5gProtein 33.7gFibre 3.1g
Method
- Heat half the oil in a large casserole pan. Cook the beef, in 2 batches, for 7 – 10mins until browned all over. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the vegetables to the pan and cook for 5mins until soft.
- Stir in the flour until well coated. Pour in the Guinness and stir around the pan, scraping up all the caramelised bits at the bottom of the pan.
- Crumble in the stock cube, then return the beef to the pan with the thyme and top up with water if necessary. Cover and simmer for 1½hrs until the beef is really tender. Then leave to cool. Can be made up to 2 days in advance and stored in the fridge.
- Preheat the oven to Gas mark 6/200°C/Fan 180°C. Spoon the beef and enough juice to cover it, into a large pie dish, removing the thyme sprig.
- Place the pastry on top and cut away any excess with a sharp knife. Then use your fingers to crimp around the edge of the pie. Make a small slit in the centre of the pie for air to escape. Brush all over with the egg.
- Cook for 30–40 minutes until golden and crisp. Heat any remaining beef liquid and serve alongside with some mash and greens.
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