Singlefile Wines - Recipes - Slow-Cooked Smoky Beef with Herb & Cheese Twists

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2kg beef chuck, excess fat trimmed, cut into 3cm pieces
• 300g speck, rind removed, cut into batons
• 2 brown onions, finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 1/2 cups (375mL) good quality beef stock
• 1 cup (250mL) pale ale
• 90g (1/3 cup) tomato paste
• 2 stalks fresh rosemary
• 500g swiss brown mushrooms, halved (larger mushrooms quartered)
• ~ FOR THE CHEESE & HERB TWISTS ~
• 130g (1 1/4 cups) coarsely grated mozzarella
• 1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley (loosely packed)
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh chives
• 1 egg, (plus an extra egg to brush)
• 2 sheets butter puff pastry, just thawed