Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, slow cooker beef pie filling. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
A cheap cut of beef is ideal as we will be cooking this steak pie filling for a long time in the slow cooker. By the time the dish is ready, the beef will be incredibly tender and packed full of flavor. You can add some vegetables to the beef mixture if you want to add more flavor and nutrition to the slow cooker pie filling.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooker beef pie filling using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling:
- Make ready 250 grams cubed stewing beef
- Take 1 large onion
- Get 1 parsnip or root veg of your choice peeled (eg carrot, turnip)
- Prepare 2 clove garlic
- Make ready 400 grams tin of tomatoes (mashed to lumpy mush)
- Take 2 cubes of beef stock
- Take 1 half fill the empty tin of tomatoes with either red wine or water
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Get 1 big pinch of salt and pepper
- Get 1 few sprigs of fresh thyme off the stalk
Carrots and mushrooms are added for a bit of sweetness and texture, but otherwise I think that this is such a classic British dish that keeping the list refined works best. Slow Cooker Steak and Gravy Pies. Slow cooker meat pies that are cooked while you work, play or whatever you do in your day! The beef is so soft and tender, falling apart and full of beer flavour swimming in a rich gravy.
Instructions to make Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling:
- brown the beef off in a pan on a high heat. make sure to do half the beef at a time to not over crowd. add to the slow cooker pot
- roughly dice the onion and parsnip. thinly slice the garlic. add it all to the pot and the water/wine
- add the tomatoes and crumble the stock cubes into the pot. add the bay leaves, thyme and salt and pepper
- put the lid on and leave for 4 hours
- once the meat is tender and falls apart turn off the heat. using a holed spoon remove the meat. either transfer the juices to a pan and simmer until reduced. or as I like to do to make the juices richer sprinkle 2tbsp of beef gravy granules and mix in.
- layer a pie dish with pastry then the meat. pour the juices (now gravy) over the top and top with more pastry. baste the lid with milk, melted butter or beaten egg. poke a couple of holes in the top and bake until pastry is golden brown
- skip out the pastry and just enjoy as a rich hearty stew
Freeze them for emergencies, or eat them fresh as soon as there done! And if you have a pie maker…no oven needed. Pour in beef stock and add the parsley, thyme and garlic powder. Simmer for a couple of minutes. When ready to make the pie, transfer the steak mixture from the slow cooker to an ovenproof dish and place pastry on top.
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