Speedy Beef and Vegetable Pie is just the sort of pie that all my family loves. It doesn’t matter what fancy dinners I cook up for them, it seems that pies and roasts are always the preferred dinners.
This month we are rifling through our magazine cuttings for Random Recipes, the challenge run by Dominic at Belleau Kitchen. I have all but given up buying magazines as I can find recipes on the internet with so much more ease.
However, a couple of weeks ago I had a little time to kill in the supermarket and so was drawn to browse through the cooking magazines. Eat in is a new magazine for me and I was drawn to the Comfort Food on a Budget. This mag has been sitting around on the dining room table, so I picked it up and it opened at this Speedy Beef and Vegetable Pie.
The pie was excellent, it always surprises me what seems to hit the mark on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, but this pie was definitely a hit!
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Speedy Beef and Vegetable Pie
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) veg or olive oil
- 1 (1) onion chopped
- 500 grams (2 cups) beef mince
- 500 grams (3 cups) frozen mixed vegetables I didn’t have any so used diced carrots
- 25 grams (1 oz) onion gravy powder didn’t have any of that either, substitute tbsp flour and beef stock cube
- 320 grams (11 oz) sheet puff pastry
- Milk for brushing I used a beaten egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220C/200C fan/ Gas 7. Grease a 20cm square ovenproof dish (more deviation from me!). Heat the oil in a saucepan over a high heat. Saute the onion for 3 minutes or until softened. Add the mince and cook for 3 minutes or until browned.
- Add the vegetables, gravy powder and 125mil hot water. (If using flour add a tbsp of flour and cook, stirring for 3 minutes to cook out the starch, crumble in the stock cube then add the water.) Cook stirring for 3 minutes or until the sauce is thick. Transfer the mixture to the prepared dish and set aside to cool for at least 5 minutes but longer if you can.
- Place the pastry sheet over the mince to cover. Tuck the overhanging pastry inwards to form a border around the inside edge of the dish. Score the top of the pastry with a sharp knife. Brush with milk. Bake for 15 minutes or until browned.
belleau kitchen says
Pies are such a massive social media hit aren't they? Pies and cake anyway I think it's the comfort food aspect and of course all that lovely pastry. Nice to know about a new magazine too. Thanks so much for the entry to random recipes xx
Janice Pattie says
You are welcome Dom.
Deon says
Yay for quick and easy pies! It's look yum.
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Deon.
Madeleine Morrow says
When I saw this under speedy I had a little giggle as I always think of anything with pastry as fitting in the fancy category. In my household, speedy is a scrambled egg on toast so I might have to take a leaf out of your book and expand my horizons (if not my waistline). Looks delicious
Janice Pattie says
I know what you mean Madeleine, not as speedy as scrambled egg but there's nothing like a bit of cheating with puff pastry and it's about as quick as a pie is going to get!
Choclette Blogger says
Ahh, now after praising you for pastry making, I have learnt the secret. I do love a good pie.
Janice Pattie says
Ha ha! Life's too short to faff about with puff pastry, my weekends are short enough. I actually rolled the bought pastry out thinner than the sheet and it created a much crisper topping, so will do that again.
Lou, Eat Your Veg says
I do love a pie, but they can be overly time consuming and off-putting to make for that reason. Great idea to do a speedy one like this, and no doubt it was exceptionally tasty and the perfect comfort food fill!.
Janice Pattie says
I have to say, it tasted pretty good, hope this encourages a wave of pie making!
GG says
Lovely looking pie and so quick too. I love Dom's Random Recipe challenges they always produce such interesting dishes. GG
Janice Pattie says
Thanks Amanda. I love the RR too, glad to be back taking part again.
Alison says
This looks the perfect comfort food for today when it is wet and miserable