Steak and Guinness Pie
2011-09-01
1 hour
1 pie
The other week, Jennie put out the request that we all make a peanut butter pie for the ones we love.
I was definitely inspired, only, the one I love is as anti-peanut butter as you can get without actually being allergic to peanuts.
I was pretty sure if I presented James with a peanut butter pie, he would have stuck his tongue out at me and turned his nose up.
But the sentiment Jennie passed on, I took to heart. James has been begging me for two years now to create a Steak & Guinness pie recipe for him. Something like he'd find at the finest (or dingiest - often the same thing) chippy in all of England.
So that week, while everyone else was making peanut butter pies, I set to work on a Steak & Guinness pie filling for my Brit.
I think Jennie's reminder is a great one - if a loved one has asked a special request, don't put it off. Life gets in the way all the time. Remember that the dishes and dusting can wait.
I cooked them up in our Breville personal pie maker - a recent purchase and obsession brought into our lives by the awesome Casey - but you can make a standard 8" or 9" pie too, and serve wedges instead of individual pies.
For those of you that do have a Breville Personal Pie Maker, there is enough filling here to make 8 pies.
Steak and Guinness Pie
Ingredients
1 ½ lb. Chuck (stew meat), cut into ½" pieces
½ Vidalia or Yellow Onion, diced finely
8-10 Porcini Mushrooms, diced finely
2 Carrots, diced finely
1 Parsnip, diced finely
2 Garlic Cloves, minced
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 Bay Leaves
2 Tablespoons of Oil
1 12 oz bottle of Guinness
½ cup of beef stock
Directions
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a medium French oven or large skillet. When hot, add onion and mushroom. When browned, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Add diced carrot and parsnip, cooking until lightly browned. Remove entire vegetable mixture to a bowl.
Heat remaining tablespoon of oil in pan. Add diced stew meat, allowing to brown while stirring often. As meat browns, add minced garlic, salt, and pepper to taste.
When meat is browned, add vegetable mixture back to the pot, then add stock and Guinness.
Allow to cook down, uncovered, for 20-30 minutes on low heat until you have just a small amount of gravy with meat.
Use your favorite pie crust - homemade, refrigerated, whatever you fancy. Place bottom pie crust in pie dish, add filling, then cover with second pie crust. Cut a few slits in the top of the crust for steam, and bake at 400F for roughly 45-60 minutes until pie crust is golden brown.
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I wish my local chippy would sell steak and guinness pie, that would be awesome!
p.s. I have been eyeing that pie maker for so long now...I dunno how much longer I can hold out! Haha.
I lovvvve steak & ale pie! If you're ever looking for a little variation, I make mine with a spiced cheddar cheese crust. It is cold winter night decadence 🙂
Yum! Those pies look so perfect. I've been wondering about that Breville pie maker, but it certainly made some nice looking pies. (Though, I am so done with one-purpose kitchen appliances... until I get a bigger kitchen!)
Need to add this to the fall menu!
THIS looks so good! Have often thought about making this for my husband...seeing as he is a Guiness fan and steak lover! Hows that pie maker...been thinking of picking one up.
Colleen, that pie maker is pretty fun. We picked up a jar of Trader Joe's apple and cranberry pie filling just so we could have apple pies on the fly last week. It was perfect.
YUM - my husband would go nuts for these! Definitely bookmarking. I've eyed the Breville personal pie maker and can't justify it yet (space issues) so I'll have to do them by hand 🙂
Katherine, they'll work just as well by hand. That pie maker is just an excuse to make pie all. the. time. - bad news! 😉
These are so cute...I bet the flavor is awesome with the guinness in it! 🙂
Amy, it's so rich and yummy!
Not only does this look and sound delicious but you literally brought a tear to my eye with your words. Most of us ready Jennie's post for peanut-butter pie which was heart-wrenching yet so dear to our hearts and you have captured exactly what her message was... to love, and show love to the ones we love!
Love love Love this <3
Laura @ A Healthy Jalapeño
Aww Laura, what a lovely comment. Thank you!
The Brit in me is nodding, nay, shaking a fist in approval of these pies.
Haha, I love it!
Love. This sounds amazing. I've never tried steak pie of any kind, but it sounds - and looks - wonderful.
Girl, you've been missing out! In the UK, savory pies are way more common than sweet ones. So you can bet that James was all over this. I hope that Chris might like it too, but who knows given his anti-chicken & dumpling stance!
First off - a personal pie maker? Oh, my husband may divorce me yet!!
Love this recipe! Can't wait to try it.
Thank you for the reminder.
That pie maker is TROUBLE! But believe it or not, it was me that resisted buying it. Then we went back to get one last Christmas and they were GONE. Gone until just last month. Isn't that crazy?? You better get one before the holiday season rolls around again.
And they're on sale at Williams-Sonoma for $79. Now, can I sneak it into the house?
My husband would love this.
Thanks for the recipe... and the reminder.
You're very welcome. Let me know if you make it for him 🙂
These look amazing! Love anything with Guinness! I have yet to make my #pieformikey, but I am still planning on it!
Rachel, I don't love drinking Guinness, but I sure do love cooking with it. It adds such a depth of flavor!
This looks absolutely awesome. I've never heard of a pie maker before. I've got to look that up.
Dan, that thing is so cool! It's made by Breville, and sold at Williams-Sonoma.
I hope that mini pie maker gets a lot of use in your kitchen... I'll be making batches at the store all weekend!
We've already made more - apple and cranberry. That was the last thing we did before we lost power!