Guinness Pie

Ingredients

• 1 kg boneless beef cut in small squares 
• 1 large roughly chopped onion 
• 1 carrot chopped coarsely 
• 3 potatoes, each cut into 6 pieces 
• 2 garlic cloves 
• 2 tbsp of tomato paste 
• 1 cup of beer broth 
• 1 cup of Guinness 
• 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce 
• 3 thyme sprigs
• flour for dusting
• salt and pepper

Method
Pat beef dry and season with salt and pepper. Dust with flour and fry in a heavy ovenproof pot in batches. Transfer beef to a bowl and fry onion and garlic till softened. Add tomato paste and cook an additional 2 minutes. Add broth, Guinness, potatoes, carrots and thyme. Bring to gentle boil. Cover and transfer to 175°C preheated oven, until beef is tender (about 90 minutes). Cool and remove the thyme. Once cooled, transfer into bowls and top with puff pastry (store-bought is fine).

Brush the pastry with egg wash and bake for 20 minutes.