Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, slow cooker beef pie filling. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling is something which I have loved my whole life.

In a slow cooker, add the beef, onions, garlic, thyme, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, and the beef stock. Mix the cornstarch and water until it forms a paste. Dust beef in flour, salt and pepper.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have slow cooker beef pie filling using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling:

1. Prepare 250 grams cubed stewing beef
2. Make ready 1 large onion
3. Take 1 parsnip or root veg of your choice peeled (eg carrot, turnip)
4. Get 2 clove garlic
5. Get 400 grams tin of tomatoes (mashed to lumpy mush)
6. Take 2 cubes of beef stock
7. Make ready 1 half fill the empty tin of tomatoes with either red wine or water
8. Take 2 bay leaves
9. Get 1 big pinch of salt and pepper
10. Prepare 1 few sprigs of fresh thyme off the stalk

To make a filling, in a large nonstick skillet, heat sunflower oil over medium-high heat. Pour your brown gravy packets in a small bowl and slowly pour in your beef broth while whisking it all together. Pour your brown gravy mixture in your crock pot and stir everything until well mixed. Simmer for a couple of minutes.

Instructions to make Slow Cooker Beef Pie Filling:

1. brown the beef off in a pan on a high heat. make sure to do half the beef at a time to not over crowd. add to the slow cooker pot
2. roughly dice the onion and parsnip. thinly slice the garlic. add it all to the pot and the water/wine
3. add the tomatoes and crumble the stock cubes into the pot. add the bay leaves, thyme and salt and pepper
4. put the lid on and leave for 4 hours
5. once the meat is tender and falls apart turn off the heat. using a holed spoon remove the meat. either transfer the juices to a pan and simmer until reduced. or as I like to do to make the juices richer sprinkle 2tbsp of beef gravy granules and mix in.
6. layer a pie dish with pastry then the meat. pour the juices (now gravy) over the top and top with more pastry. baste the lid with milk, melted butter or beaten egg. poke a couple of holes in the top and bake until pastry is golden brown
7. skip out the pastry and just enjoy as a rich hearty stew

When ready to make the pie, transfer the steak mixture from the slow cooker to an ovenproof dish and place pastry on top. Coat beef in flour and brown in butter over medium heat (doesn't have to be fully cooked through) add onion half way through to soften. Mix all other ingredients in slow cooker and add beef. If mixture starts to get dry add a little bit of water, depending on slow cooker heat. Slow Cooker Steak and Gravy Pies.

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