Name: Minced Beef Pie
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tbs Vegetable Oil; 500g Minced Beef; 1 chopped Onion; 1 tbls Tomato Puree; 1 ½ tbsp Plain Flour; 75g Mushrooms; 250ml Beef Stock; Dash Worcestershire Sauce; 400g Shortcrust Pastry; 1 Egg Yolks

Beef

6 servings

520 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Step 2

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and fry the minced beef, breaking it up, until browned

Vegetable OilMinced Beef

Step 3

Add the chopped onion and cook for 2–3 minutes

Onion

Step 4

Stir in the tomato purée and cook for 2–3 minutes

Tomato Puree

Step 5

Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute

Plain Flour

Step 6

Add the mushrooms, beef stock and Worcestershire sauce

MushroomsBeef StockWorcestershire Sauce

Step 7

Bring to the boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes

Step 8

Set the meat mixture aside to cool, then turn it into a one-litre pie dish

Step 9

Roll out the pastry on a floured work surface until slightly larger than the pie dish

Shortcrust PastryPlain Flour

Step 10

Drape the pastry over the dish, press onto the edges, trim and shape the edges into a fluted edge

Shortcrust Pastry

Step 11

Cut leaf shapes from the pastry trimmings and stick them to the top with beaten egg yolk

Shortcrust PastryEgg Yolks

Step 12

Make slits to release steam, brush the pie with the remaining beaten egg yolk and bake for 20–25 minutes until golden brown

Egg Yolks

Step 13

Slice into wedges to serve