Recipe for the day ~ Steak and Irish Stout Pie

Steak and Irish Stout Pie

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

Ingredients:

2 pounds round steak, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

1 TBspn all-purpose flour

3 ounces lard

8 slices bacon, finely chopped

5 small onions, minced

1/4 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)

1 (12 fluid ounce) bottle Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)

1 TBspn chopped fresh parsley

1 TBspn raisins (optional)

1 tspn brown sugar

1 (15 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325

Place steak cubes onto a plate and sprinkle with flour

Place lard and bacon in a large skillet over medium heat

Heat until lard melts and bacon begins to sizzle

Stir floured steak cubes into bacon and hot lard and cook, stirring frequently, until steak and bacon are browned (about 15 minutes)

Transfer steak mixture to a large casserole dish

Cook and stir onions and mushrooms in the same skillet over medium heat until onions are lightly browned and mushrooms are tender (about 10 minutes)

Transfer to casserole dish with steak mixture

Stir Irish stout beer, parsley, raisins and brown sugar into steak mixture

Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil

Bake for about 2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally and until gravy has thickened and steak is tender

Remove casserole dish from oven and increase temperature to 400

Line a deep-dish 9-inch pie plate with a pie crust and bake until crust is partially cooked and lightly brown (about 10 minutes)

Spoon cooked steak filling into the partially baked pie crust

Cover steak filling with second pie crust

Pinch the top crust again the bottom crust to seal tightly

Bake pie until top crust is golden brown (about 15 minutes)

**FOOTNOTES**

If the gravy becomes to thick while baking in the casserole dish then add a little water and stir to thin it out again