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Beef and Guinness Pie




Source of Recipe


Little Shamrock's
Beef and Guinness Pie

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Beef and Guinness Pie

Ingredients:
2 lbs. boneless beef chuck, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 lg. onion, coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
3 tbsp. water
1-1/2 tbsp. tomato paste
1 c. beef broth
1 c. Guinness or other Irish stout
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. drained brined green peppercorns, coarsely chopped*
2 fresh thyme sprigs
rough puff pastry dough
1 lg. egg, lightly beaten
1 tbsp. water

Special equipment: 4 (14-ounce) deep bowls or ramekins (5 to 6 inches wide or similar-capacity ovenproof dishes)

Preparation:
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

Pat beef dry. Place flour, salt, and pepper in a 1-quart zipper baggie and shake to combine. Add beef, shake, then shake off excess and transfer to a plate. Heat oil in a wide 5- to 6-quart ovenproof heavy pot over moderately high heat until just smoking, then brown meat in 3 batches, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes per batch, transferring to a bowl.

Add onion, garlic, and water to pot and cook, scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pot and stirring frequently, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in beef with any juices accumulated in bowl, adding broth, beer, Worcestershire sauce, peppercorns, and thyme; and bring to a simmer, then cover and transfer to oven. Braise until beef is very tender and sauce is thickened, about 1-1/2 hours. Discard thyme and cool stew completely, uncovered, about 30 minutes. (If stew is warm while assembling pies, it will melt uncooked pastry top.)

Put a shallow baking pan on middle rack of oven and increase oven temperature to 425°F.

Divide cooled stew among bowls (they won't be completely full). Roll out pastry dough on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 13-inch square, about 1/8 inch thick. Trim edges and cut dough into quarters. Stir together egg and water and brush a 1-inch border of egg wash around each square. Invert 1 square over each bowl and drape, pressing sides lightly to help adhere. Brush pastry tops with some of remaining egg wash and freeze 15 minutes to thoroughly chill dough.

Bake pies in pre-heated shallow baking pan until pastry is puffed and golden brown, about 20 minutes.

Reduce oven temperature to 400°F and bake 5 minutes more to fully cook dough. Yield: 4 servings

* One option is to soak dried green peppercorns in warm stock or a little white wine vinegar; depending upon how they were dried, they may plump up, This would give you the peppery flavor that the recipe intends.