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Hairy Bikers’ steak and ale pie

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A really easy-to-follow recipe for a delicious and rich steak and ale pie from The Hairy Bikers. You can’t beat good, hearty British grub for a bit of comfort food and Si and Dave don’t disappoint with this famous pie recipe.

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Ingredients

900g stewing steak, diced
25g flour, plus extra for dusting
100g butter
2 onions roughly chopped
2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
2 medium carrots, roughly chopped
150g button mushrooms
2 sprigs fresh thyme
400ml good-quality ale
500ml beef stock
Salt and pepper
1 egg, beaten for glazing
300g ready-made rolled puff pastry

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/428°F/gas mark 7.
Pour flour into a bowl and season well.
Coat the meat with the seasoned flour.
Heat half the butter in a heated pan and add the meat. Sear all over until golden brown.
Add the vegetables, herbs, ale and stock. Bring to a simmer, then cover with a lid and gently simmer for 1 hr.
When cooked, season, add the remaining butter and pour into an ovenproof serving dish.
Brush the edge of the dish with the beaten egg.
Roll out the pastry using as little flour as possible and place over the dish.
Pinch the edges of the dish so that the pastry will stick to it and trim off any remaining pieces of pastry from around the edge.
Brush the pastry top thoroughly with the remaining beaten egg and place on a baking tray.
Bake in the oven for 20-30 mins until the pastry is golden brown on top.

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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Chicken, ham and mushroom pie

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Comfort food at its best. Make this chicken, ham and mushroom pie on a lazy weekend. Filled with veggies in a creamy sauce, serve with fresh greens for an extra health boost

Serves: 8
Prep time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 1 hr
Total time: 1 hr 30 mins
Skill level: Easy peasy
Costs: Cheap as chips

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, peeled, halved and sliced into wedges
2 medium leeks, trimmed and sliced
2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
850g chicken thigh fillets, each cut into 3 or 4 pieces
150g baby button mushrooms, halved if large
400g ham, torn into chunks
50g unsalted butter
75g plain flour
350ml chicken stock, made with 1 stock cube
350ml semi-skimmed milk
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
14g packfresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
300g ready-made puff pastry
1 medium egg, beaten
500g frozen petit pois, to serve
600g broccoli, cut into florets, to serve

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the onion and leeks for 10 minutes, adding the garlic for the last minute. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. Add the chicken to the pan, season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper and fry over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes, until golden brown. Add the mushrooms and cook for a further 5 minutes, then stir in the ham.
Melt the butter in another pan, then stir in the flour. Cook for 1 minute over a low heat, then remove from the heat and slowly add the chicken stock and milk, stirring well after each addition, when all the liquid has been added, bring to the boil, stirring. Boil for 5 minutes, then stir in the lemon juice, zest and parsley. Stir the white sauce into the chicken mixture, then spoon into a 2.5-litre pie dish. Preheat the oven to 200°C, 400°F, Gas Mark 6.
Roll out the pastry into a rectangle slightly bigger than the top of the dish, then cut off a strip the length of the rim. Use a little egg to fix the strip to the outer edge of the dish brush with egg, then lift the pastry over the pie. Gently press down the edges, then trim with a sharp knife. Decorate with leaves made from pasty trimmings and make a hole in the middle so steam can escape. Brush lightly with egg, then bake for 25 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown.
Meanwhile, cook the peas and broccoli in a pan of boiling water for 3-4 minutes, until tender. Drain and serve with the pie.

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Nutritional information per portion

Calories 681(kcal)
Fat 36.5g
Saturates 13.3g
Salt 0.8g

This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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Danish pastry

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This is a really quick way to make Danish pastries with a packet of ready-made puff pastry. You can vary the filling –try a different flavoured jam, a spoonful of thick custard or a chunk of fresh or canned fruit. They are best eaten warm on the day of making but they can be prepared up to the end of step 3 then chilled in the fridge until you are ready to bake them.

Makes: 8
Prep time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Skill level: Easy peasy
Costs: Cheap as chips

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Drizzle the warm pastries with a little lemon flavoured glace icing and sprinkle with flaked almonds instead of dusting with icing, if liked.

Ingredients

500g puff pastry, thawed if frozen
8tbsp raspberry jam
1 egg, beaten
Icing sugar, for dusting

Method

Preheat the oven.
Roll the pastry out on lightly floured surface to a large rectangle about 40 X 20 cm. Trim the edges with a sharp knife and cut into 8 x 10 cm squares.
Sprinkle two baking sheets with a little cold water. Place the pastry squares on the baking sheets.
Place a spoonful of jam in the centre of each square. Dab the four corners of each square with a little beaten egg then fold each corner in so the point just meets the jam.
Glaze the pastry lightly with beaten egg and bake for 15 mins until risen, golden and crisp. Serve warm or cold lightly dusted with icing sugar.

By Nichola Palmer

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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