Rich Steak Pie
 
 
Makes four pie bases and tops. Reduce quantities to the amount in brackets if only doing pie tops
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Ingredients
  • Pastry
  • 180g flour (140g)
  • 160g butter - cubed (120g)
  • 60g ice (40g)
  • 1 tsp salt (1/2 tsp)
  • Filling
  • 1 onion - peeled and quartered
  • 2 cloves garlic - peeled
  • 1 handful parsley
  • 10ml olive oil
  • 140g celery
  • 2 carrots - chopped into pieces
  • 1 kg diced stewing steak
  • 4 mushrooms - sliced
  • 10ml worstershire sauce
  • 10ml balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tbsp. tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp. TM stock concentrate
  • 100ml wine
  • 15g cornflour
  • bay leaf
  • 200g frozen peas
  • Optional: 1 large sweet potato
Instructions
  1. Pastry
  2. Place ice and butter into mixing bowl and chop 15 secs/ Sp 10. Scrape down sides of bowl.
  3. Add flour and salt and mix 5secs/Sp5. Scrape down sides of bowl and knead 2mins/locked lid/interval button.
  4. Turn onto floured mat or ball and bring together to form a ball.  Flatten into a disk, wrap and refrigerate for 20-30 mins.
  5. Preheat oven to 200'. When ready roll out pastry on a floured surface and cut circles large enough to line 4 small pie dishes with, having some pastry hanging over the edges.  Re-roll pastry and cut four tops.
  6. Fill with pie filling, heaping nice and high and then place lids on top.  Seal edges with a fork, trim excess and prick the tops to allow steam to escape.
  7. Bake pie for 30mins at 200'C
  8. Filling
  9. Place onion, garlic and parsley in TM bowl and chop 5secs/Sp5.
  10. Add celery and carrots and chop 5secs/Sp 4
  11. Scrape down sides of bowl and add olive oil to sauté 4 mins/Varoma/Sp2.
  12. Add diced beef and sauté 5mins/Varoma/Reverse/Sp1.  Leave MC off.
  13. Add other ingredients, except peas, and cook 40mins/100'/Reverse/soft stir (or speed 1 if your Themomix is squeaking too much)
  14. Shred the beef by hitting the Reverse button and slowly turning the blades up toward Speed 4 whilst peeping in the top of the TM lid.  Shred as much, or as little as you like.
  15. Stir in frozen peas to the hot filling .
Notes and Variations
Optional: Steam some diced sweet potato in the Varoma dish at the same time. Cook on Varoma temp. Stir in with the peas at the end of cooking.
Recipe by My Melbourne Thermo at http://mymelbournethermo.com.au/rich-steak-pie/