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How to make steak and ale pie
Fruit and vegetables
2
garlic
cloves, roughly chopped
2
onions
, roughly chopped
250g/9oz
carrots
, roughly chopped
2 sticks
celery
, roughly chopped
handful fresh
thyme
sprigs
500g/1lb 2oz chestnut or white
mushrooms
, halved or cut into quarters if large
Tins, packets and jars
225g/8oz
plain flour
, plus extra for rolling out
3 tbsp
plain flour
Cooking ingredients
½ tsp fine
salt
3 tbsp
olive oil
1
bay leaf
300ml/½ pint good-quality
beef stock
1 tbsp
tomato purée
1 tbsp
balsamic vinegar
salt and freshly ground
black pepper
Dairy, eggs and chilled
250g/9oz unsalted
butter
, cold but not rock hard (or you can use half
butter
, half lard)
1 free-range
egg
, beaten, to glaze
knob of
butter
Meat, fish and poultry
1 kg/2lb 4oz
braising steak
, cut into matchbox-sized pieces
Other
150ml/¼ pint ice-cold water
300ml/½ pint brown
ale
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