Next level steak & ale pie recipe | Good Food

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 100g smoked bacon lardons or smoked bacon, chopped
• 1kg beef shin, cut into large chunks
• 2 onions roughly chopped
• 3 carrots peeled and cut into large chunks
• 3 tbsp plain flour
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tsp malt or red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp brown miso paste (optional)
• 400ml sweet brown ale
• 600ml beef stock made from 2 stock cubes
• few thyme sprigs, stalks and leaves separated
• 2 bay leaves
• 700g plain flour plus extra for dusting
• 2 tsp English mustard powder
• 150g lard
• 150g butter plus extra for the dish
• 2 egg yolks beaten