Ingredients

1	onion
4	garlic cloves
1 kg	beef (1/2kg mince 1/2 kg chunks)
2 tbsp	plain flour
2 tbsp	tomato paste
125 mL	red wine
500 mL	beef stock
	parsley
	thyme
	rosemary
	pepper
3-4	puff pasty sheets

Equipment

• oven
• pie dish
• heavy based frypan

Method

1. chop onion and saute in large frypan
2. crush garlic and add to onion
3. cover beef in flour
4. remove onion from pan and set aside
5. brown beef on high heat, reduce heat and return onion to pan
6. add tomato paste and red wine and stir, simmer to reduce wine
7. add beef stock herbs and pepper, stir
8. simmer to reduce liquid and thicken sauce then remove from heat and alow to cool slightly to thicken sauce
9. grease pie dish
10. line pie dish with pastry
11. tip beef into pie dish
12. cover with pastry
13. glaze pastry with milk
14. bake at 200C 30-40 minutes or until pastry is golden
15. eat hot

Notes

can also add sliced mushrooms about 200g when you return the onion to the pan

also good with bacon, slice 4 rashers and add to pan with beef

pie will keep for a few days in the fridge

serve with roast veggies, steamed greens or a salad

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