Beef and Guinness Pie

Submitted by ozzygirl

"My sisters recipe for Beef & Guinness Pie...a real pleaser!"

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 beef shins
• 3 carrots, chopped chunky
• 2 celery, chopped chunky
• 1 leek, chopped chunky
• 1 onion, chopped chunky
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 Guinness stout, can
• 1 cup gravy
• 1 beef stock cube
• 2 teaspoons black currant jam (or any jam)
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 stick fresh rosemary

directions

1. Brown the beef shins in some oil.
2. Put beef shins, carrots, celery, leek, onion and garlic into a casserole dish. Pour can of guinness over ingredients, cover and bake in oven at 200 degrees celcius for 1 hour 45 minutes.
3. Remove from oven and add the rest of the ingredients. Stir through. Put back in oven for a further 45 minutes.
4. Remove from oven, remove rosemary stick and top pie with 2 layers of puff pastry and put back in oven and cook for a further 45 minutes.
5. Can be served as is or with creamy mashed potato.