Steak And Guinness Pie

• About a kilo of cheap beef (I use beef cheek)


• 2 cans Guinness


• 1 large onion


• Couple handfuls of lardons (diced, streaky thick bacon)


• A few diced mushrooms (optional)


• 1/2 litre beef stock (if using really cheap beef that needs very slow cooking)


• Tsp mustard, or sprinkling of mustard powder


• Dash of Worcestershire sauce


• Plenty of salt and pepper


• Vegetable oil


• Flour


• Puff pastry

Method:

• Roughly chop the onion, soften in hot vegetable oil in large oven-proof pan or dish


• Roll the beef in seasoned flour and add to pan, tossing around until it begins to brown


• Reduce to minimum flame, pour in Guinness


• Whilst stirring, add rest of ingredients except for lardons and mushrooms


• Season fearlessly (when adding salt I use a small handful of coarse crystals)


• Cover and place in oven at about 150 for 3.5 - 4 hours, checking liquid llevels and tenderness of meat


• A couple of hours into cooking time, add mushrooms and lardons


• Line pie dish with puff pastry, pour in the filling, bung on pastry lid


• Glaze with egg wash


• Oven for around 25mins at 220


• Serve with potatoes!