Beef pie with mushrooms: Serve a bowl of comfort food. Image: South African Mushroom Farmers Association.

Mushroom Beef Pie with Larger Beer – Hearty meal rich in flavour

Name: Mushroom Beef Pie with Larger Beer
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h
Ingredients: 1 kg beef chuck, cut into 2.5 cm chunks; 4 leeks, washed very well and sliced; 2 stalks celery, finely sliced; 2 carrots, finely sliced; 4 garlic cloves, minced; ⅓ cup flour; 300 ml lager beer; 2 cups beef stock (500 ml); handful fresh thyme sprigs; 2 bay leaves; 500 g thickly sliced button or portabellini mushrooms; 1-2 sheets puff pastry (enough to cover pie); 1 egg, beaten; salt and pepper, to taste; olive oil

The Larger beer adds a deep, rich flavour to the dish, making it well worth the effort.

by South African Mushroom Farmers' Association

04-10-2020 17:57

in Recipes

Beef pie with mushrooms: Serve a bowl of comfort food. Image: South African Mushroom Farmers Association.

There is something so welcoming about entering a home just to be greeted by the rich flavour of a Mushroom Beef Pie baking in the oven. You immediately feel at home and your tummy rumbles in anticipation.

This mushroom beef pie with Larger beer is super delicious and traditional. The Larger beer adds a deep, rich flavour to the dish, making it well worth the effort. The result is a tender beef pie accompanied by a delicious burst of mushrooms and leeks. And of course, the pie is covered with a golden, crispy puff pastry.

Use any slow cooking cut of beef to make this mushroom beef pie. For this recipe, chuck beef has been used but brisket should also work really well. If the cut of meat is too lean, the meat may dry out during the cooking process.

To get your pie crust to bake to a deep golden colour, remember to brush it generously with egg yolk. It makes all the difference! Serve this hearty pie with mashed potatoes and any green vegetable, like peas. Mashed potatoes work really well with this dish as it soaks up all the flavoursome gravy. Enjoy!

Mushroom Beef Pie with Larger Beer

Recipe by South African Mushroom Farmers’ Association Course: MainCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

hours

minutes

Total time

hours

Ingredients

1 kg 1 beef chuck, cut into 2.5 cm chunks
4 4 leeks, washed very well and sliced
2 2 stalks celery, finely sliced
2 2 carrots, finely sliced
4 4 garlic cloves, minced
⅓ cup ⅓ flour
300 ml 300 lager beer
2 cups 2 beef stock (500 ml)
handful fresh thyme sprigs
2 2 bay leaves
500 g 500 thickly sliced button or portabellini mushrooms
1-2 1-2 sheets puff pastry (enough to cover pie)
1 1 egg, beaten
salt and pepper, to taste
olive oil

Method

Season beef with salt and pepper.
Heat a drizzle of oil in a large heavy based pot. Add the beef and brown all over. Cook in batches to avoid the beef sweating. Set aside.
Turn heat down to medium and add a fresh drizzle of olive oil. Add leeks, celery, carrots and garlic. Cook until softened and sweet.
Add flour and stir through coating all the vegetables.
Add beer, beef stock, thyme and bay leaves and stir to mix well.
Bring to simmer and then cover.
Reduce heat to low and allow to cook for 2 hours until the beef is tender.
Remove the lid and allow sauce to reduce until thickened.
Add mushrooms and mix them in to evenly distribute.
Taste and adjust seasoning.
Preheat oven to 200˚C.
Pour pie filling into a pie baking dish (roughly 25 x 20 x 4.5 cm).
Top with puff pastry. Cut out a few steam holes. Brush with egg wash and bake for 30-40 minutes until the pastry is deeply golden brown and cooked through.