Slow Cooker Beef and Guinness Puff Pie

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recipe by Sara Lewis https://lovefood.com/profile/139037/sara-lewis/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    10hrs 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    1129
based on 2 ratings

Beef and Guinness stew is a rich and comforting classic, and the creamy blue cheese and puff pastry lid add even more richness to this meal. First, simmer the rich beef filling in your slow cooker (or a dutch oven on low heat) until thickened and falling apart. Then spoon into individual dishes and bake for a perfectly golden puff pastry pie. All you need to serve is a side of lightly steamed green vegetables!

recipe updated Feb 25, 2022

Ingredients

  • Stewing steak icon
    Stewing steak
    680 g
  • Button mushroom icon
    Button mushroom
    175 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Stilton cheese icon
    Stilton cheese
    115 g
  • Onion icon
    Onion
    1
  • Sunflower oil icon
    Sunflower oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Cake flour icon
    Cake flour
    2 tablespoons
  • Stout icon
    Stout
    300 ml
  • Beef stock icon
    Beef stock
    160 ml
  • Horseradish sauce icon
    Horseradish sauce
    2 teaspoons
  • Tomato paste icon
    Tomato paste
    1 tablespoon
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed
  • Bay leaves icon
    Bay leaves
    1
  • Puff pastry icon
    Puff pastry
    455 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Pastry brush
  • kCook icon Large cast iron skillet
  • kCook icon Slow cooker bowl
  • kCook icon Pie dish - 5.75 x 1.75"

Step preview

  1. Heat sunflower oil in a clean large cast iron skillet
  2. Add stewing steak to the large cast iron skillet and sear until browned
  3. Add onion, reduce the heat to medium and fry evenly until browned
  4. Stir in cake flour to the large cast iron skillet
  5. Then mix in stout and beef stock
  6. Add horseradish sauce, tomato paste and season with salt and pepper
  7. Add bay leaves to the large cast iron skillet
  8. Heat until boiling
  9. Transfer meat to the slow cooker bowl and cover
  10. Cook until cooked through - 9 hr, low heat
  11. Pre-heat oven - 205°C
  12. Transfer content of slow cooker bowl to 4 pie dishes
  13. Stir in button mushroom to the pie dishes
  14. Top with puff pastry
  15. Brush with egg, then trim off the excess pastry and crimp the edges
  16. Mark diagonal lines on top and brush again with egg
  17. Bake until light golden - 30 min, 205°C
  18. Sprinkle with stilton cheese
  19. Let cool slightly until melted
  20. Serve
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