Ingredients

  • 2 k shin of beef diced
  • 2 tbs veg oil
  • 2 tbs plain flour
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 onions sliced
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 1 small bunch thyme
  • 1 bulb garlic crushed
  • 300ml beef stock
  • 700ml beer
  • 2 roscoff onions
  • 300g chestnut mushrooms sliced
  • 2 x 300g ready rolled puff pastry
  • Eggwash

To serve

  • Sand carrots

Method

In a very large non-stick casserole dish fry the meat until deeply coloured, and season. Do this in batches, then pop it all back into the pan with the onions thyme bay and garlic, cover in beer and stock, then simmer for 2 hours, after 1 hour add the roscoff, sauté the mushrooms in a little butter.

Remove the roscoff onions then pop the beef sauce and mushrooms into oven proof dishes  top with pastry seal the edges egg wash and sit the onion petals on top and bake for 30 to 40 minutes at 180c.

Ingredients

  • 2 k shin of beef diced
  • 2 tbs veg oil
  • 2 tbs plain flour
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 onions sliced
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 1 small bunch thyme
  • 1 bulb garlic crushed
  • 300ml beef stock
  • 700ml beer
  • 2 roscoff onions
  • 300g chestnut mushrooms sliced
  • 2 x 300g ready rolled puff pastry
  • Eggwash

To serve

  • Sand carrots

Method

In a very large non-stick casserole dish fry the meat until deeply coloured, and season. Do this in batches, then pop it all back into the pan with the onions thyme bay and garlic, cover in beer and stock, then simmer for 2 hours, after 1 hour add the roscoff, sauté the mushrooms in a little butter.

Remove the roscoff onions then pop the beef sauce and mushrooms into oven proof dishes  top with pastry seal the edges egg wash and sit the onion petals on top and bake for 30 to 40 minutes at 180c.