Hearty Pot Pies - Cooking.com.au

Ingredients

• 1.5kg stewing beef (I used chuck steak cut into chunks, bone removed)
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 2 celery sticks, diced
• 250g mushrooms, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp each dried thyme, dried rosemary and dried oregano (I like the earthiness of the dried herbs)
• 2 bay leaves
• 500ml (2 cups) strong beef stock (alternatively add a heaped tbsp bovril to 500ml water)
• 1 tbsp corn flour mixed with 50ml milk
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1 roll ready-made puff pastry, rolled out slightly
• 1 egg, beaten