MMMMM MA's beef pie!!

Best served with creamy mash.

You will need:
Puff pastry
Stewing/braising beef (amount as much or as little as you want)
Beef stock (I use 3 oxo cubes and make it with about 290 mls of bolding water)
salt and pepper
Worcestershire sauce
1 onion(or more if your making a huge pie)
Red wine(as much as you like to flavour the gravy/sauce)
And some plain flour.

First of all marinate the meat in some salt and pepper, sprinkle on some worcestershire sauce and some wine.
Chop and fry the onion for around five mins.
Brown the meat in the same pan as the onion.

Once meat has been browned then sprinkle in some flour. (Enough to cover all the meat) Then stir it in.

It will then look like this................ very glupie looking.

















Then  and the Stock and let it thicken.  Whilst its thickening, if you want your pie to have a pastry base as well as top, start to roll out the pastry to the size of your dish.  Cook for around 15 -20 mins till it starts to turn golden.  I do this because i have cooked it straight with out cooking the base first and i find it doesn't always cook through.  any by now the sauce should be ready for you to add the wine.  Add as much as you like its to give the gravy a rich nice and flavour and its purely down to personal choice.

Then you just add the pie filling into your dish and top with some more puffy pastry.  Cook for a round half an hour on 180 degrees.

There you go MMMMMM MA's beef pie.

yum yum yum!!
Sorry for the not very professional finished pie, but it was rushed as i was juggling myself between the cooking and both my DD's and was hard work, but goes to show even when your busy with the children you can rustle up a good hearty home cooked meal quickly.
Enjoy!!let me know what you think.