Valentine's Day Pie
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 200g Casserole Beef (cubed)
- 1 medium Onion (chopped)
- 1 large carrot (chopped)
- 1/2tsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 90ml Red Wine
- 500ml Beef Stock
Small bunch of each (total: 15g)
- -Thyme, Rosemary & Sage
- 50g Lardons
- 100g Shiitake
- 1 x Buna Shimeji
- 1 x Shiro Shimeji
- 1tsp mustard
- 1tsp redcurrant jelly
- 160g Shortcrust pastry
Method
- STEP 1Pre-heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 4. Prepare all your ingredients (for guideline on how to prepare our Exotic Mushrooms, visit our website www.mushroommeals.co.uk)
- STEP 2In a large casserole dish, heat the olive oil on a high heat and seal the cubed beef on all sides, remove the beef from the dish and place onto a plate.
- STEP 3Turn down the heat to medium, then add to the same casserole dish , the onion and carrot and cook until softened (about 10 minutes)
- STEP 4Return the beef along with their juices back the dish along with the rest of the ingredients to the casserole dish. (Note: the herbs should be kept whole and tied in a bundle with some string so that the herbs give a subtle flavour to the pie.) If the stock doesn't quite cover the ingredients you can top up with a bit of water
- STEP 5Give the whole thing a good stir and then place in the oven and slow cook for 2-3 hours
- STEP 6Once cooked, remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly, turn the oven to 200C/ 180C fan/gas 6. Then spoon into individual pie dishes (18cm (l)/11cm (w)/5cm (h))
- STEP 7Roll out the pastry and cut in half. Roll out the two halves so that they are slightly bigger than your pie dishes. Place each pastry sheet over each pie and firmly press down the edges to seal. Prick three holes in the centre of each pie, so that air can escape and place onto a baking tray.
- STEP 8Put the pies into the pre-heated oven and bake for 30 minutes, until the pastry is golden and crispy. Serve with broccoli and mash potatoes and enjoy by candle light!
