Cooking some pie with a little help from the BK5

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Hi all, last weekend I decided to make a beef pie for dinner. I used some lean beef mince, rump steak, onions, mushrooms, garlic, red wine and some tomatoes. I do not yet have a slow cooker, I wouldn't mind getting one, but for know I just have to stick to a good ol' stove. And I got to test drive my brand new cutting board, made of maple, walnut and cherry. It's almost to nice to use :)


My trusty five and my new cutting board.


Next up, two large onions.


Add some mushrooms, I used 8.


Slice and dice two pieces of rump steak, around 500grams.


Add 500 grams of lean beef mince, onions, two teaspoons of garlic and some olive oil to a pot at medium heat.


Add a can of diced tomatoes and the mushrooms and a tablespoon of beef stock powder.


Before adding the steak, lighlty dust in some flour. Add to the pot, along with a 3-4 cups of water.


Lightly simmer on low heat for around 2.5 hours, until the liquid cooks down and thickens.


The end result. :)


I used puff pastry for the pie.


In goes the filling. I made two pies, one to eat and one to freeze for another time.


One pie done, glazed with egg and milk.


Number 2 done.


Done!


Served up with some good old fashioned mashed potato.

I must say it came out better than I hoped for. The meat was very tender, falling apart, and the gravy was just right, not too rich. I had a good time making this, I am getting to be a better cook and I am trying new things all the time. I hope that you've enjoyed looking at my pie recipe!
 
Looks wonderful! Good job! If I hadn't just eaten one of the biggest breakfast burritos ever I would be starving now.
 
Looks awesome man. My wife makes something like this.
 
That looks amazing! (Currently lost in memories of the shepherd's pie my mom used to make....) Wish it were easier to find a good meat pie over here!
 
Great.... Now i'm hungry, and i gotta go to the store because i don't have anything edible that i actually want.
That's just rude. lol.
 
That looks awesome! If you don't mind me asking, where could I get a cutting board like that?
 
Thank you everyone for the kind words, I am really starting to enjoy cooking and trying new things. TheKnife, I can't tell you where I got the board due to forum rules, but they are also available on the bay :)

Tdhurl, That's a great idea, I didn't even think of that!
 
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