Beef, Kumara & Oregano Pie

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/4 cups plain flour
• 50 g butter
• 1/4 cup water, approx
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 sheets ready rolled puff pastry
• 2 medium kumara (about 700g)
• 1 kg chuck steak
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 medium onions, sliced (about 300g.)
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/3 cup fresh oregano
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/3 cup tomato paste
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 3 cups beef stock

Recipe

• 1 grease deep 22cm flan tin.
• 2 sift flour into bowl, rub in butter.
• 3 add enough water to make ingredients cling together.
• 4 press dough into ball, knead on floured surface until smooth; cover, refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
• 5 roll dough on floured surface until large enough to line the prepared tin.
• 6 lift pastry into tin, ease into side trim edge.
• 7 line pastry with paper, fill with dried beans or rice.
• 8 bake in moderately hot oven about 20 minutes, remove paper and beans, bake further 10 minutes or until browned, cool.
• 9 spoon filling into pastry case, brush edge of pastry with egg.
• 10 cover filling with 1 sheet of puff pastry, press edges together firmly, trim edge brush top of pie with egg.
• 11 cut remaining puff pastry into 16 x 1-1/2 cm strips.
• 12 place strips across pie to form lattice, trim edges, brush with remaining egg.
• 13 bake in moderate oven about 30 minutes or until pastry is browned and filling heated through.
• 14 filling.
• 15 cut kumara and steak into 2cm cubes.
• 16 place kumara on oven tray, bake in moderate oven about 30 minutes until tender.
• 17 heat oil in pan, cook steak in batches until browned all over, remove from pan.
• 18 add onions, garlic, oregano to same pan, cook stirring until onions are soft.
• 19 add flour, cook stirring until flour is lightly browned.
• 20 remove pan from heat, gradually stir in paste, wine and stock, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
• 21 return steak to pan, simmer uncovered, about 1-1/4 hours or until steak is tender.
• 22 stir in kumara; cool.