TRADITIONAL STEAK PIE RECIPE: EASY STEAK & SAUSAGE PIE HOGMANY / NEW YEAR DINNER

Ingredients
rapeseed oil
2 x sticks celery
2 x carrots
1 x onion
500g cubed beef
4 x pork link sausages
2 x tsp mixed herbs
2 x tsp Dijon mustard
1 x tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 x tbsp plain flour
2 x beef stock cubes (in 2L water)
40g bisto gravy granules (optional)
1 x egg
2 x ready roll puff pastry sheet

Method
1. Line pie dish with pre rolled puff pastry and cut a lid for the pie - place this in the fridge
2. Brown meat (beef & sausages) in large casserole dish with oil - seasoned with salt & pepper
3. Once browned, remove the meat from the dish and deglaze with the Worcestershire sauce
4. Add diced veg (carrot, onion, celery), mixed herbs & mustard and cook - add a little more oil if necessary - until softened
5. Add flour and mix through
6. Then add meat back into the dish & pour over the beef stock
7. Place lid on the dish and cook on medium/high heat for approx 1 hour then low/medium heat for a further 30mins (you can also cook in the oven at 200 degrees for approx 2hrs - checking periodically after 1.5hrs)
8. Remove meat & sausages from gravy before stirring through gravy granules (if desired) and then add the meat back in
9. Egg wash inside of pastry in pie dish and stick in oven for 2mins in oven preheated to 200 degrees then remove from oven
10. Spoon pie mixture into your pie dish, seal the lid on top with a fork, poke a couple of holes in the top and egg wash
11. Cook in oven at 200 degrees for 20mins