Recipe: Beef & Guinness with Puff Pastry

Beef & Guinness with Puff Pastry

Recipe: Beef & Guinness with Puff Pastry

Ingredients: Serves 4

·         200ml of GUINNESS Foreign Extra Stout

·         400g stewing diced beef

·         100g pearl onion

·         1 large carrot - diced

·         100g sliced button mushrooms

·         2 cloves of garlic crushed

·         ½ Litre of thick beef stock

·         Sprigs of fresh thyme & rosemary chopped

·         Small sheet of puff pastry

Method

1. In a pot seal the diced beef and brown all over.

2. The vegetables are then added and cooked out for 4 -5 minutes.

3. Add the herbs and beef stock. Now add the Guinness.

4. Slow cook the beef over a stove for 1- 1 ¼ hour. Add a little water if needed at the end.

5. Cut the puff pastry into 8 even pieces.

6. Egg wash each piece of pastry.

7. Using one piece of pastry place it on top of another piece of pastry to form a double case. Do this with the rest of the pastry to form 4 double pastry cases.

8. Using a knife score the top of the pastry to give the effect of a vol au vent.

9. Now bake at 200C for 14 minutes.

10. When cool cut the top of to form a lid. Core some of the pastry out for the centre of each case.

11. Spoon the hot beef into each case and serve.