Guinness Beef Pot Pie

mikeewoods @cook_3631297

Guinness Beef Pot Pie

mikeewoods @cook_3631297

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Ingredients

2 hours 40 mins

8 servings

2 lbBeef Chuck
1 largeOnion
4 cloveGarlic
3 stickCelery
1 dozenMushrooms
2 cupDiced Potatoes
2 tbspTomato Paste
1 tspDried Thyme
1/2 tspDried Rosemary
1Bay Leaf
1 1/2 cupGuinness
2 cupBeef Broth
3 tbspBrown Sugar
2 tbspFlour (Dissolved in water)
1Salt & Pepper to taste
2 tbspOlive Oil
1 packagesPuff Pastry
1Egg (Beaten with 1 tbsp water)
1 1/2 cupFrozen Peas & Carrots

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Steps

2 hours 40 mins

1

Roughly dice the onion
2

Mince garlic cloves
3

Slice celery into small pieces
4

Half or quarter the mushrooms
5

Generously season beef pieces with salt and pepper
6

Add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to large pot
7

Brown the pieces of beef in small batches, remove and set on a side plate
8

Add the diced onions to same pot with drippings and sauté them for a couple of minutes until soft and translucent
9

Add garlic and sauté with onions for 2 minutes
10

Add chopped celery and mushrooms to the pot and sauté for another couple of minutes
11

Add tomato paste, thyme, and rosemary; season with salt
12

Stir well then add beef back to pot
13

Pour in Guinness and bring to a boil
14

Measure in brown sugar and add bay leaf
15

Bring heat to a low simmer, cover, and let stew slowly cook for about an hour
16

Add potatoes after one hour of slow cooking, cover, and let it slow cook for another 30 minutes
17

In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp flour with just enough water to dissolve it and stir well until no lumps
18

Bring stew to a rapid boil and slowly add the flour/water mix while stirring
19

Turn off heat then add in frozen peas and carrots
20

Preheat oven to 400°F
21

Cut pastry to size of the top of the dish for the stew
22

Fill the dish with stew and place cut pastry on top stretching gently and pinching around lip of the dish
23

Brush pastry lightly with egg wash(one beaten egg with one tbsp water)
24

Add to oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until pastry is golden and crispy
25

Remove and let cool for 15 minutes before serving