Recipe from http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/252607/proper-beef-ale-and-mushroom-pie . Replace water with ale for more ale.
| preheat oven to 220c | bake for 40min | ||||||||||
| preheat oven to 160c | cover with lid and put in oven for 2h | cool 2h | mix | make pie | brush with egg | ||||||
| 1.5 kg of braising steak chunks | brown in a little oil | set beef and juices asside in bowl | mix | ||||||||
| 3.0 large onions | roughly chop | brown in pan from beef | fry 1min | stir in until flour brown | |||||||
| 6.0 large carrots | chop into large pieces | ||||||||||
| 15.0 g of dried porcini mushrooms | cover in boiling water for 20mins | squeeze out and reserve water | |||||||||
| 3.0 tsp of golden caster sugar | |||||||||||
| 6.0 tbsp of plain flour | |||||||||||
| 450.0 ml of stout or dark ale | |||||||||||
| 3.0 beef stock cubes | |||||||||||
| 600.0 ml of boiling water | |||||||||||
| reserved mushroom water | |||||||||||
| 1.5 tsp of thyme | |||||||||||
| 1.5 tsp of parsley | |||||||||||
| 1.5 bay leaf | |||||||||||
| 1.5 salt | |||||||||||
| 1.5 pepper | |||||||||||
| 300.0 g of smoked bacon lardons | fry until crispy | fry until mushrooms golden | |||||||||
| 300.0 g of chestnut mushrooms | halved | ||||||||||
| 3.0 roles ready made puff pastry | |||||||||||
| 1.5 egg | whisked | ||||||||||