Beef & Beer Pies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 onions, diced
• 150 g bacon, chopped
• 600 g premium beef mince
• 200 g mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 1/2 cups beer
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• puff pastry

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200.c.
• 2 saute onion & bacon until onion softens & bacon is cooked, set aside.
• 3 add mince to pan and cook until browned, add mushrooms and cook until soft.
• 4 return onion & bacon to pan and add flour, cook stirring for 3 minutes.
• 5 add wine & beer & simmer until most of the liquid has reduced to a sauce consistency.
• 6 add worcestershire sauce & parsley.
• 7 spoon mixture into individual pie dishes, cover with pastry, (brush with egg or milk if you like) & bake about 20 mins or until pastry is well risen, golden & crisp.
• 8 nb/ if you choose to make fully enclosed pies, pastry top & bottom, allow mixture to cool before spooning into pastry otherwise it will become soggy.