Fake steak and Guinness® pie
This is an adaptation of my mother's recipe. I changed the recipe for my boyfriend who is a vegetarian. I had a Guinness® pie at a pub and it reminded me of how much I love them and I decided he was missing out on the joy!
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 1 packet of fake meatballs (I used Quorn® meatballs), halved
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 potatoes, chopped
- 6 mushrooms chopped
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 225ml vegetable stock
- 350ml Guinness® (or other stout)
- 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (optional)
- a bit of chopped fresh thyme and sage
- black pepper to taste
- 2 sheets ready-roll shortcrust pastry
- 1 egg
- 125ml milk
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:50min ›
Ready in:1hr10min
- Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6.
- Boil potatoes in water till tender.
- Stir flour, salt and pepper in a bowl, then add fake meatballs.
- Heat oil and fry onion and garlic till soft, and then add meatballs. Add mushrooms and stir until browned.
- Add water, tomato, stock, beer, Worcestershire, pepper, the herbs and cooked potato. Simmer for a few minutes to allow the flavours to take.
- Roll out two pastry sheets, use one to line the dish and then add the mixture to the pastry. Add the top and close the pie. Brush with a mixture of beaten egg and milk.
- Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is crispy and golden, about 20 to 30 minutes.
Vegetarian ingredients
Note that Guinness® may not be 100% vegetarian, due to a fish byproduct used in the brewing process. You can substitute a different stout that is vegetarian, if desired. Similarly, find vegetarian Worcestershire sauce or omit it for a truly vegetarian pie.
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Reviews in English (8)
Made it vegetarian. To make this recipe completely suitable for vegetarians just use a strong Ale instead of the Guinness and ensure a vegetarian Worcestershire sauce is used (as many contain anchovies). Alternatively leave the Worcestershire sauce out completely as this still makes a delicious pie. - 17 Feb 2011
I used Quorn steak strips for this which worked really well. Taste is great but next time I'll just use the pastry just as a lid as the bottom layer made it slightly stodgy and had absorbed lots of the lovely juice by day 2 – would probably use slightly less potatoes (or smaller ones) and slightly more mushrooms next time too. Also used a stong ale and held off on the w sauce. Really tasty winter warmer for both meat eaters and veggies. - 20 Oct 2011
Please beware guiness is not suitable for vegetarians - 07 Nov 2010