Steak, ale & mushroom pie recipe | Good Food

Name: Steak, ale & mushroom pie recipe | Good Food
Ingredients: small handful dried porcini mushrooms (about 10g) – not essential but very tasty; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1kg braising steak (buy this as a whole piece and cut it yourself into large chunks); 2 large onions roughly chopped; 4 large carrots chopped into large chunks; 2 tsp golden caster sugar; 4 tbsp plain flour; 300ml dark ale; 2 beef stock cubes mixed with 400ml boiling water; small bunch each thyme bay leaf and parsley, tied together; 200g smoked bacon lardons or chopped rashers; 200g chestnut mushrooms halved; 650g plain flour plus extra for dusting; 250g lard or cold butter (or half of each), diced, plus extra for greasing; 1 egg yolk beaten, to glaze

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Spend a weekend afternoon making this classic beef and ale pie with porcini mushrooms and homemade pastry. It's even better made up to two days in advance.

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Ingredients

small handful dried porcini mushrooms (about 10g) – not essential but very tasty
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1kg braising steak (buy this as a whole piece and cut it yourself into large chunks)
2 large onions roughly chopped
4 large carrots chopped into large chunks
2 tsp golden caster sugar
4 tbsp plain flour
300ml dark ale
2 beef stock cubes mixed with 400ml boiling water
small bunch each thyme bay leaf and parsley, tied together
200g smoked bacon lardons or chopped rashers
200g chestnut mushrooms halved
650g plain flour plus extra for dusting
250g lard or cold butter (or half of each), diced, plus extra for greasing
1 egg yolk beaten, to glaze