Hearty Beef and Red Wine Pie: Aussie Winter Meal - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 1kg beef chuck steak, cut into
• 4cm cubes
• 1/2 cup plain flour, seasoned
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 10 eschalots, peeled, halved
• 6 rashers rindless shortcut bacon, roughly chopped
• 250ml beef stock
• 500ml red wine
• 250g button mushrooms
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 6 sprigs thyme, leaves picked
• Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 sheets frozen ready-rolled puff pastry, partially thawed