Corrections of Beef Stew Pie from STCG

Beef Stew Pie.md

Beef Stew Pie

(Based off of https://www.thecookingguy.com/cookbook/2022/1/4/steak-and-guiness-pie)

Ingredients

• 6 pieces bacon
• 2.5 - 3 lb boneless short rib, beef chuck, or other slow-cooking beef
• Kosher salt or MSG
• Black pepper
• 6-8 medium carrots
• 1-2 stalks celery (optional)
• 6-8 oz pearl onions or 1/2 large yellow onion
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 8-12 oz mushrooms
• 3 tbsp flour
• 1 bottle Guinness (or other stout / dark beer)
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme (or 2 tsp dried)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sheet puff pastry
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp soy paste, Marmite, or Vegemite (optional). (Noted in steps as "savory paste)
• 1 tbsp soy sauce (if not using previous)
• 1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce (optional)

Mise en Place

Ingredient	Preparation
Bacon	sliced thin or diced
Steak	Cut into 1" cubes
Carrots	Cut into 1" pieces
Celery	Cut into 1/2" pieces
Pearl Onions	Peeled and defrosted
Yellow Onion	Diced
Garlic cloves	Minced
Mushrooms	Trim stems and slice thick

Steps

Stew:

1. Preheat oven to 325F.

2. Heat heavy pot (that has a lid) over medium heat.

3. Cook bacon until crispy. Drain and set aside.

4. Sear beef in batches in bacon grease. Don't overcrowd, and develop color and crust. Remove and set aside.

5. While still cooking on stovetop, add chicken stock to deglaze as needed to keep fond from burning. Likewise oil as needed.

6. Add carrots, cooking for several minutes.

7. Add onions and celery, cooking until onions just begin to brown.

8. Add splash oil, and then add garlic.

9. When garlic becomes fragrant, add tomato paste. Mix well and let cook for a couple minutes.

10. Sprinkle flour over mixture in batches. (It will look gross and dry, this is fine.)

11. Add mushrooms, beer, stock, savory paste, and soy sauce. Mix well to combine.

12. Add beef and bacon back to pot.

13. Add thyme and bay leaves.

14. Cover with lid, and cook in oven for 2 hours. Stir every 30-45 minutes. Crack lid for final 30 minutes.

15. If eating as a stew, serve now.

Pie:

1. Let cool, optionally moving to a baking dish. (To cool faster, definitely move to a new dish, place in refrigerator with a couple of pieces of metal utensils sticking out of the stew.)

2. Defrost puff pastry sheet. (Typically 30-45 minutes at room temperature.)

3. Preheat oven to 400F.

4. Roll out puff pastry and drape over dish. Crimp overlapping dough around dish edges. Stab as needed to release aggression and prevent explosion of pie.

5. Beat egg and a splash of water and brush over puff pastry evenly.

6. Bake for 30-40 minutes until pastry is done to your satisfaction.

7. Serve.