Photo: Priscilla Du Preez
Proper beef, ale & mushroom pie
15 ingredients
Serves 6
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Escape to your kitchen this weekend and make this comfort food classic - it's well worth the effort
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1302
Calories
53g
Protein
63g
Fat
128g
Carbs
Counts 14 of 17 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Lard | 1 tbsp (12.8g) | 115 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Porcini | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Chestnut | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- small handful dried porcini mushrooms (about 10g) - not essential but very tasty
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1kg braising steak (buy this as a whole piece and cut it yourself into large chunks)
- 2 large onions , roughly chopped
- 4 large carrots , chopped into large chunks
- 2 tsp golden caster sugar
- 4 tbsp plain flour
- 300ml dark ale
- 2 beef stock cubes mixed with 400ml boiling water
- small bunch each thyme , bay leaf and parsley, tied together
- 200g smoked bacon lardons, or chopped rashers
- 200g chestnut mushrooms , halved
- 650g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
- 250g lard or cold butter (or half of each), diced, plus extra for greasing
- 1 egg yolk , beaten, to glaze
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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