Beef & Guinness Pie

Name: Beef & Guinness Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 900 g stewing beef (cubed and fat removed); 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp flour; salt & pepper; 1 pinch cayenne pepper; 2 onions (chopped); 2 cloves garlic (crushed); 2 tbsp tomato paste; 440 ml guinness; 300 g carrot (cut into chunks); 1 cube oxo (crumbed); 2 Cups water; 3 springs thyme; 2 sheets puffed pastry; 1 egg (lightly whisked)

Felicity MacLeod

Prep 20 mins20m

Cook 2 hrs 30 mins2h 30m

Serves 6

Happy St Patrick's Day!

In celebration of Ireland's patron saint's holiday we've been busy in the kitchen making a classic Beef and Guinness Pie. This pie takes time but it is worth it; with its rick Guinness gravy, sweet carrots and onion and tender beef.

It is so tasty you have to eat it more than once a year.

↬ Adapted from Darina Allen's Beef & Guinness Stew in Irish Traditional Cooking, 1995

Ingredients

900 g stewing beef (cubed and fat removed)
3 tbsps olive oil
2 tbsps flour
salt & pepper
1 pinch cayenne pepper
2 onions (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
2 tbsps tomato paste
440 ml guinness
300 g carrot (cut into chunks)
1 cube oxo (crumbed)
2 cups water
3 springs thyme
2 sheets puffed pastry
1 egg (lightly whisked)

Instructions

Keep screen awake

1
Coat beef in flour, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.
2
In a large casserole dish, heat oil on a high heat. Brown the meat on all sides.
3
Add in the onion, garlic and tomato paste and cook gently for about five minutes.
4
Pour in some of the Guinness to deglaze the pan. Add in the remaining Guinness, carrots, oxo, water and thyme and lightly simmer until meat is tender for about , stirring occasionally. Adjust seasoning to taste.
5
Meanwhile, prepare the pastry by lightly rolling it out in flour and add one sheet into a oiled pie tray. Then add in the pie mixture, top with the other sheet of pastry and cover pastry with a egg wash. Bake for .
6
Serve with potato and beans.

Comments & Reviews (0)

or sign up for free to join the conversation.