Beef and Guinness Pie

OK so this one wasn't on my original list, but the original list is in serious need of an update and I'm in the middle of report writing so it's "procrastibaking" time! 

How dinner began!

Beef and Guinness Pie

Prep Time: 10mins Cook Time: 3hrs

1 onion finely diced

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp plain flour

700g beef (stewing steak is ideal)

1 tbsp worcestershire sauce

2 beef stock cubes

540ml guinness

Pastry (frozen)

1. Soften onion in a deep pot with the butter. Mix in the flour until it has dissolved, then stir in the beef and worcestershire sauce. Mix in the stock cubes and then pour the guinness over the top. Bring the mix to a simmer and then cover and leave on low heat for 2hrs, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid and cook for a further 30 mins, allowing the sauce to thicken.

Perfectly soft meat in a divine sauce

2. Set the oven to 200C. Line a pie dish with pastry and add the filling. Then using remaining pastry create a lid for your pie, decorate as desired. Bake for 20mins or until pastry is nicely golden.

Pre-oven

I thought about making a pastry for this myself but my inclination to labour over a rolling pin just wasn't there. I used frozen pastry from the suprmarket and it tasted just fine. The almost licked clean plates after dinner indicated that it was perfectly acceptable so for the sake of saving myself time and energy, I'll stick with it the next time I make it.

Post-oven