Name: Steak, beer and bacon pie
Prep time: 330 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 410 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 10 ml sunflower oil; 250 g bacon streaky, chopped; 2 onion chopped; 1.5 kg beef chuck or stewing steak; 150 ml stock beef; 150 ml beer; 2 ml black pepper freshly ground; 3 ml dried thyme; 5 ml dried chillies crushed; 5 ml celery seeds or celery salt; 50 ml cornflour; 450 g flour cake; 450 g flour white bread; 10 ml Baking powder; 150 g cooking fat or lard, cubed; 150 g butter cubed; 250 ml water ice-cold; 1 eggs lightly beaten

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Ingredients (18)

10 ml	sunflower oil
250 g	bacon — streaky, chopped
2	onion — chopped
1.5 kg	beef — chuck or stewing steak
150 ml	stock — beef
150 ml	beer
2 ml	black pepper — freshly ground
3 ml	dried thyme
5 ml	dried chillies — crushed
5 ml	celery seeds — or celery salt
50 ml	cornflour

PASTRY:

450 g	flour — cake
450 g	flour — white bread
10 ml	Baking powder
150 g	cooking fat — or lard, cubed
150 g	butter — cubed
250 ml	water — ice-cold
1	eggs — lightly beaten

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Method:

Pastry:
Sift the flours, baking powder and 1ml salt together. Rub in the cooking fat and butter with your fingertips. Add the ice-cold water slowly, mixing until the dough comes together. Add more water if needed. Do not over-mix. Cover and refrigerate for three to four hours.

Heat the oil and fry the bacon and onion until the onion is soft.Add the meat and stir-fry for two minutes. Add the stock, beer, pepper, thyme, chilli (if using) and celery seeds and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 60 to 90 minutes, or until the meat is tender.

Mix the cornflour with a little cold water and add some of the hot stock. Stir into the meat and simmer, stirring, until thickened.

When ready to bake, divide three-quarters of the dough into six to eight pieces. Roll out onto a floured surface and cut out circles big enough to line individual tins (they should be big enough to hang over the sides slightly).

Place the circles onto a lined baking tray and chill for 30 minutes to an hour. Roll out the remaining dough and cut into circles big enough to cover the pies. Chill these pastry circles too

Grease pie tins and line with the pastry. Top with the cooled meat filling. Top with pastry circles and crimp the edges together. Make a hole in the centre for steam to escape. Brush with the beaten egg and bake in a preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.