🇦🇺 Meat Pie

🧄 Ingredients

• 1.25 kg beef chuck, cubed
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 tbsp flour
• 1¼ cups beef stock
• 3 cups red wine
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tsp black pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• Shortcrust pastry (base)
• Puff pastry (lid)
• 1 egg (for brushing)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. Brown beef in batches. Sauté onion and garlic.
2. Add flour, then stock, wine, tomato paste, Worcestershire, pepper, and bay leaves.
3. Simmer 2+ hours until beef is tender and sauce thickens.
4. Cool filling. Preheat oven to 180°C.
5. Line pie tins with shortcrust. Blind bake 20 min.
6. Fill with beef mixture. Top with puff pastry. Brush with egg.
7. Bake 30 min until golden. Serve hot with tomato sauce.