"Beef and Guinness Pie brings together two of Ireland's most famous products, beef and Guinness in a hale and hearty pie. The long-slow cooking of the filling creates not just perfectly tender beef, it also allows the flavor of the Guinness to permeate the meat and the vegetables and produce a thick, luscious sauce...."
INGREDIENTS
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FOR THE PASTRY
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7 oz/200g all purpose/plain flour
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pinch of salt
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4 oz/ 110g butter, cubed or an equal mix of butter and lard
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2-3 tbsp cold water
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1 egg, beaten for glaze
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FOR THE FILLING
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1oz/25g all purpose/plain flour
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1lb/900g chuck steak cut into 1"/2.5cm cubes
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¾ oz/ 20g butter
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1 tbsp vegetable oil
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2 large onions, thinly sliced
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2 carrots chopped in to 1"/2.5cm cubes
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2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
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2 tsp tomato puree
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17 fl/oz/500 ml Guinness or stout
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1½ pints/300ml hot beef stock
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2 tsp sugar
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Salt and ground pepper