My Slow Cooked chunky beef pies | Acoking. I super happy with how they turned out. Hubby ate 2 pies š I did the meat mixture in the slow cooker.
Cooking King: Ange Marie (Mine)
Slow Cooked Chunky Beef Pies | Acoking Recipeā¦.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoon oil
700 gm chuck steak, 1cm diced (this is important unless you want bigger chunks) seasoned with salt and pepper (1/4 tsp celery salt, good pinch salt, Ā¼ cracked pepper)
1 tablespoon butter
1 large onion diced
2 garlic cloves , minced
1 tablespoon red wine (optional)
2 tablespoon plain flour
1Ā½ cups liquid beef stock
Ā½ water
1 beef stock cube
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
Ā½ tablespoon worchestershire sauce
Ā½ teaspoon vegemite
2 sprigs fresh thyme or Ā¼ dried
1 tablespoon fresh parsley
2 tablespoon cornflour mixed with a little water
puff pastry to make the pies
(i used 4 sheets)
Instructions:
Season meat. I just used normal salt and pepper
Brown in batches. Set aside
Add 1 tablespoon oil and butter
Add the onion and garlic and cook until onion is transparent
Add wine cook off for one minute
Add flour and cook for one minute
Add the rest of the ingredients (except for the parsley and cornflower) mix well
Put the meat and sauce into the slow cooker. Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours depending on your slow cooker or until the meat is tender
Put slow cooker on Sear mode
Add the parsley and cornflour mix and stir well
Without the lid on let it bubble away for about five minutes stirring occasionally.
turn off the slow cooker
OR
I just put slow cooker dish in the oven to bubble away because I donāt have the seat option
Pre-heat oven to 190Ā°C
Cut your pastry to size (bottoms and tops) of your pie dish or for individual pie tins
Fill the pastry with the meat mixture. Then put the top on and seal the pastry edges together. Trim any Excess pastry then go around the edge with the fork to make sure both are sealed together
Put a slit in the top of the pie and brush with egg mix
Put in the oven and cook until pastry is puffy and golden around 20 to 30 minutes
Makes 6