Chunky Steak and Ale Pie

Here's my favourite way to make a delicious steak and ale pie.

The ingredients in the list below combine to give it an amazingly thick, rich and tasty gravy.

Step 1 Ingredients

• 500g steak
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 medium onions
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 beef stock cubes
• dash of pepper
• 400g mushrooms
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 250ml ale
• 500g puff pastry

Serves 5.

Comments

[RangerJ]

I am currently fasting for a medical test tomorrow and your pie is starving me.

[skamunisM]

 My goodness this looks delicious! I'm making it tonight.

[EggHead101]

That looks delish!!
I suppose different brands of Ale / Beer would change the flavor?

[piperjon]

Yum, and YUM! This can't be simpler, and the result HAS to be tasty as can be. Can you add veggies inside the pie too? If so, I would think fresh broccoli, carrots, squash, potatoes and rutebega, cooked al dente, would be HEAVEN. YMMV of coure. :-)

[Jayefuu]

Yup! Veggies would be a good way to bulk it out for more people.

[Kiteman]

I'm slightly confused - what are those things beside the pie in the final image? Good job on the British nosh, although personally I would prefer shortcrust pastry...

[Jayefuu]

Vegetables! Golden courgettes are great, everyone asks what the hell they are.

[Lithium Rain]

What are spinach beets and courgettes?

[Jayefuu]

Spinach beet is a vegetable that tastes exactly like spinach but is in the same family as sugar beet and beetroot (i think). They're meant to be lots easier to grow as they're resistant to bolting and have a higher resistance to disease than spinach.

Courgettes == Zuchinni. These ones just happen to be yellow.

[Lithium Rain]

Ah, I see. Thank you for explaining it! :)

[Kiteman]

Old Northern-British joke; What is a balanced meal? A pie in each hand.

[Jur]

For the Irish version, just exchange "pie" for "pint of Guinness"

[=SMART=]

thats no noke ! its a scientific fact !

[Jayefuu]

*Jayefuu gives smart a J*

[=SMART=]

fanks :D

[Jayefuu]

Ha ha.

[Lithium Rain]

Haha :D (Over here we say cookie _{But that's why we're soooo fat} :P)