Braised Beef & Ale Pie Recipe

Ingredients

• 1.2kg braising beef, chopped into 200g slices
• sea salt to season
• 1 dash of vegetable oil
• 6 carrots, peeled
• 3 small onions, cut into halves
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig of fresh thyme
• 10g of sugar
• 125ml of bottle of red wine
• 75ml of red wine vinegar
• 200ml of bitter beer
• 1.1l beef stock
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 1 dash of gravy browning
• 1 handful of chives, chopped
• 24 button mushrooms, sliced thinly
• 1 shallot, finely diced
• 25g of butter
• 25g of plain flour
• 600ml of milk, hot
• 25g of green peppercorns
• 2 handfuls of parsley
• 1 sheet of puff pastry, cut into 6 equal circles the same size as your ramekins
• 1 egg