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Making the filling:
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Dice the beef into 13mm / ½inch cubes.
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Finely chop the onion.
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Place a pan on a medium heat, and add the oil.
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Once hot, add the onion and fry until soft.
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Add the beef to the pan, and fry until it has a little colour.
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Pour in your beef stock, and bring to a simmer.
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Season with salt and white pepper to taste.
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Add the Worcester sauce and the bay leaves.
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Put on the lid, and on your very lowest heat, simmer for 1½ to 2 hours, or until the meat is tender.
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Once tender, thicken the stew with the gravy granules.
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Allow the filling to completely cool.
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Preparing the puff pastry:
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See my previous video on how to make puff pastry
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Roll out your pastry into a rectangle, until it is 4mm thick.
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For this recipe you need cut out 4 pieces, 17.5 x 12.5cm / 7x 5in.
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Place each sheet on a slightly larger piece of floured parchment paper, stacked and refrigerated.
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Take one sheet of pastry at a time from the fridge, keep it on the paper.
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Add some filling to one side of the pastry, leaving a gap around the edge.
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Brush the egg wash all around the exposed pastry, fold the pastry over the filling, and seal around the edge using a fork.
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Place the pasty, whilst still on the parchment paper, onto a baking tray, repeat for the other 3 pasties.
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At this point, preheat your oven to, 170°C / 340°F / Gas mark 3.
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Give each pasty a good coat of the egg wash, and cut 3 small vents in each one, using a sharp knife.
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Place in the preheated oven and bake for 50 minutes.
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Remove from the oven allow to cool, or serve straight away piping hot.
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Enjoy
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Ingredients
Puff pastry (See previous video)
300g / 11oz Plain or all-purpose flour
250g / 8.8oz Cold unsalted butter
125g /mls Cold water
4g / ½tsp Salt
6mls / 1tsp Lemon or lime juice
Egg wash, (thoroughly whisk up one small egg, with a dash of milk)
Pasty filling:
400g / 14oz Lean Stewing or Casserole beef
1 Small onion (finely chopped)
285mls / ½ Pint Beef stock
Salt and white pepper to taste
6mls / 1tsp Worcestershire sauce (optional)
2 Small Bay leaves (optional)
20g / 2Tbls Gravy granules
2tbls Olive or vegetable oil
Adjustable Stainless Steel Rolling Pin
Skeleton style Oven Gloves. Rated for up to and not beyond 260°C / 500°F.
Flour Sprinkler
Bakers scraper
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