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Steak, mushroom and ale pie
Fruit and vegetables
2
onions
, sliced
2
garlic
cloves, finely chopped
3–4 sprigs fresh
thyme
, leaves only
400g/14oz small
chestnut mushrooms
, halved or quartered
Tins, packets and jars
plain flour
, for dusting
Cooking ingredients
4–5 tbsp
sunflower oil
500ml/18fl oz good
beef stock
1 tbsp
tomato purée
2
bay leaves
2 tbsp
cornflour
Dairy, eggs and chilled
500g/1lb 2oz ready-made
puff pastry
beaten
egg
, to glaze
Meat, fish and poultry
200g/7oz smoked streaky
bacon
rashers, cut into 1cm/½in strips, or lardons
850g/1lb 14oz well-marbled
braising steak
, trimmed and cut into roughly 2.5cm/1in cubes
Other
500ml/18fl oz bottle real
ale
flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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