Beef cheek, mushroom, and cheese pie

A gourmet pie recipe

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Serves

4 - 6

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

4 hrs

Tender slow cooked beef cheek, rich mushrooms, and homemade buttery pastry combine to offer a decadent take on a Kiwi classic pie. The filling makes 5-6 pies.

Tender slow cooked beef cheek, rich mushrooms, and homemade buttery pastry combine to offer a decadent take on a Kiwi classic pie. The filling makes 5-6 pies.

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James Smith "The Tattooed Butcher"
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Ingredients

Beef Cheek
  • 1 Quality Mark beef cheek

  • Culley's Charcoal Rub

  • kosher salt

  • black pepper

  • 2 cups water

Gravy
  • 3 cups beef stock

  • ¼ cup tomato paste

  • 1 tsp kosher salt

  • 1 Tbsp black pepper

  • 1 tsp onion powder

  • 1 tsp dried thyme

    ground
  • 2 Tbsp corn flour

  • 1 onion

    finely chopped
  • 100g button mushrooms

    chopped
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil

Pie
  • 1 packet puff pastry

  • 1 packet short crust pastry

  • 1 Tbsp butter

Method

Beef Cheek
1

Trim all the fat and silver skin off the beef cheek.

2

Rub generously with Culley's charcoal black rub and a touch of salt and pepper.

3

Preheat oven to 150°C

4

Place the beef cheek in a baking dish and cook for 1 hour.

5

Remove the beef cheek from the oven, add 2 cups of water into the dish, wrap with tinfoil then cook for a further 3 hours at the same temperature.

6

Remove dish from oven and rest for 30 mins before pulling the meat

For the Gravy
1

Brown the onions and mushrooms in a pot with olive oil at a medium temperature.

2

Add all other ingredients to the pot and stir well.

3

Cook on a low to medium temp for 20 minutes well stirring regularly, you should see the sauce start to thicken.

4

If your sauce needs further thickening add extra corn flour (1 tbsp at a time) and stir well cooking for an extra 5 minutes.

5

Cool the mixture then add your pulled beef cheek to the gravy.

For the Pie
1

Spread butter on the inside of your pie tins to stop pastry from sticking.

2

Line the inside of your tins with shortcrust pastry, fill with your gravy mixture then top with your choice of cheese.

3

Cut a round circle top for your pie using the puff pastry and place on top, press down around the edges of the pie dish to seal it.

4

Crack an egg and mix well before lightly brushing the top of your pie with egg wash for a nice golden finish.

5

Preheat oven at 220°C and cook for 20 minutes.

6

Remove from oven and rest for 5 mins before serving.