Anybody have a traditional English steak pie recipe to share? TIA!

Reverend Hoovie

"Reverend Hoovie" yahoo.com> enquired in message
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And it so happens that I have :

Get enough steak to cover the bottom of an ovenproof pie-dish , more or
less, after you've chopped it into chunks about the size of the end of your
thumb.
I get something called chuck or stewing steak or a piece of brisket. Add
about 1/4 the weight in chopped onion. about the same volume as the onion in
musherooms stir fry the whole thing in a big pan until the steak is sealed
(add a squish of garlic if liked) transfer to the bottom of your pie dish
and add 2 or three chopped up carrots and a couple of chopped up potatoes.
Put a half pint of any old not too salty stock ( or brown ale ) in your hot
fry pan and scrape all the good bits into it then pour over steak and stuff.

At this point you want to season it - celery salt and ground pepper works
for me.

Przewalski wrote:

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:06:55 +0100, Przewalski wrote:

DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT. At least, not while Snowy's around,
she'll end up with thumb pie!

In article <46CA4C56.3758606A@yahoo.com>, Reverend Hoovie says...

Google for my steak & ale pie.

"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
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As tried, tested and recommended by me. Thanks again, Bear.

Bear wrote:

Looked good! Will try it. Thank you.

In article fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Harry
Keane says...

Happy to help, as always.

"Peter Ward" privacy.net> wrote

sausage+onion+sage+lots of peper works pretty well too :~))

- but in small pie dishes, making pies just a little larger

Reverend Hoovie yahoo.com> wrote:

Known in my house as 3B Pie (or, occasionally, stew)

Beef, Beer (preferably Guinness) and Bacon...... small onions essential.
One or two black olives, sliced (no more) 'darken' the flavour.

Dice slightly over a pound of good steak, and chuck it in a supermarket
carrier bag with some flour. Shake it about to flour the beef, and then
fry it until brown, before chucking it in the pie can. Fry chopped bacon
(half a dozen rashers) and onions together, in a different pan, and
chuck that in. Add the couple of olives. Mix up. Pour in a 500ml can of
Guinness and a tin of chopped tomatoes. Stir again.

Add other veg (mushrooms, carrots) if you want, but IMHO they're best
served separately.

Pastry (short or puff, according to taste) on top. Into oven. Serves
four.