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Ultimate Kiwi pie

A beloved steak pie recipe

6

Serves

45 mins

Prep Time

3 hrs 20 mins

Cook Time

Kathy Paterson

Recipe author

Kathy Paterson

You can't go wrong with a good Kiwi favourite, the meat is slowly cooked to produce a pull apart beef filling, encased in light flaky pastry.

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Ingredients

Filling

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500g Quality Mark beef steaks

cut into 3cm pieces, e.g. Cross-cut blade steak

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2 Tbsp seasoned flour

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500g pumpkin

seeds removed, peeled and chopped into 2cm chunks

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1 onion

chopped

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1 carrots

sliced

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1/2 cup red wine

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1 cup beef stock

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1/2 x 400g can chopped tomatoes in juice

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1 bay leaf

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1 Tbsp red wine vinegar

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25g butter

softened

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2 Tbsp white flour

Pastry

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2 sheets short crust pastry

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2 sheets puff pastry

Egg wash

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1 egg yolk

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1 Tbsp milk

Method

To make filling

To assemble

Slow cooker option

1

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

2

Roll the beef in seasoned flour.

3

Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat, add a dash of oil and brown beef in batches.

4

Transfer beef to an ovenproof casserole dish as you go.

5

Lower the heat and add another dash of oil to the pan.

6

Add the onion and cook until soft, then add the pumpkin and carrot slices.

7

Pour in the red wine, allow to bubble and reduce slightly.

8

Add the stock and tomatoes and stir well. Season.

9

Add to the casserole dish with the bay leaf.

10

Cover meat with a piece of baking paper, cut to fit.

11

Cover with lid and cook for 2½ hours, until the beef is tender.

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12

Remove from the oven and thicken the sauce with a small amount of butter and flour paste (mix together 25g softened butter with 2 tablespoons flour until you have a paste).

13

Discard the bay leaf, add a splash of red wine vinegar and leave beef to cool completely.

Nutrition Information per Serving (418g)

Heart and belly warming pie....what's better on a cool evening? With a boost of essential nutrients to boot! This nutrition analysis is based on 6 serves.

Energy

2592kJ (619 kcal)

Protein

25.6g

Total Fat

30.8g

Saturated Fat

17.3g

Carbs

53.1g

Dietary Fibre

5.2g

Sodium

665mg

Iron

3.6mg

Zinc

4.8mg

Vitamin B12

1.4µg