Beefsteak Pie
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
Prepare the pastry and line a pie dish.
Cut the beefsteak into pieces and season with salt and pepper.
Assemble and bake
Place the beefsteak in the pie dish and cover with another layer of pastry.
Seal the edges and make a few slits on top for steam to escape.
Bake in the oven for about 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Beefsteak
- Provides the meat filling, which becomes tender and flavorful as it cooks inside the pie.
- Pastry for pie
- Forms the crust that encloses the filling and browns in the oven.
The step that matters
Make a few slits in the top crust. Slits let steam escape as the filling heats. Without them, trapped steam can build pressure, lift or split the top crust, and make the pastry soggy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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