Ultimate Comfort Dinner | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 0.7 ounce dried porcini mushrooms, sliced, whole, or chopped
• 1 1/4 cups water, boiling
• 2 pounds chuck beef, cut into 1-inch cubes
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 celery stalk, finely chopped
• 1 carrot, finely chopped, plus 3 carrots, halved lengthwise and cut into 3 1/2-inch chunks, divided
• 1/3 cup flour
• 10 ounces dark ale
• 2 cups beef stock
• 3 sprigs thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 2 bay leaves, fresh or dried
• 7 ounces bacon, diced
• 10-13 ounces Swiss brown mushrooms
• 1-2 sheets puff pastry, enough to cover a pie
• 1 egg yolk