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Proper beef, ale & mushroom pie
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Proper beef, ale & mushroom pie

15 ingredients Serves 6 openrecipes
Proper beef, ale & mushroom pie

Escape to your kitchen this weekend and make this comfort food classic - it's well worth the effort

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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

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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