Traditional steak and cheese pie
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 800 | grams | Diced Tenderbeef topside or blade steak |
| 25 | grams | Seasoned flour |
| 1 | Onion; diced | |
| 125 | grams | Mushrooms; (optional) |
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 2 | Cloves crushed garlic | |
| 150 | millilitres | Beef stock |
| 150 | millilitres | Beer; your favourite |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Gregg's dried thyme |
| 200 | grams | Campbell's tomato soup |
| 1 | pack | Ernest Adams savoury short pastry; thawed |
| 1 | cup | Mainland grated tasty cheese |
| Milk to glaze | ||
Directions
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and saut‚ the garlic, onion and mushrooms for 1 minute.
Meanwhile, toss the Tenderbeef through the seasoned flour, then add to the oil.
Cook for 2-3 minutes until lightly browned, then add the next 9 filling ingredients.
Stir and simmer for 11/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
When cooked and thick in consistency, spoon into 1 8 litre pie dish and top with the cheese.
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured bench to cover the pie dish plus an extra 5cm.
Cut a 2½ cm wide strip from the outer edge and place onto the dampened rim of the dish.
Brush with milk, then cover with pastry lid. Press the edges to seal.
Decorate with surplus pastry and brush with milk.
Bake at 200 C for 40 minutes until golden.
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