{"id":3244,"slug":"steak-and-ale-pie","title":"Steak and Ale Pie","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["900 g (2 lb) good beef stewing steak, at room temperature","Vegetable oil","1 medium onion, peeled and diced","1 tbsp (15 ml) plain flour","1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce","1 handful fresh thyme, marjoram and chopped parsley","1 tsp (5 ml) English mustard","1 bay leaf","Salt","Cracked black pepper","150 ml (5.1 US oz) beef stock","125 ml (4.2 US oz) ale","450 g puff pastry"],"ingredients_norm":["beef stewing steak","vegetable oil","onion","plain flour","worcestershire sauce","fresh thyme","english mustard","bay leaf","salt","cracked black pepper","beef stock","ale","puff pastry"],"steps":["Cut the beef into cubes about 2.5 cm square.","Heat oil in a saucepan and fry the onion, without letting it colour.","Add beef, making sure the meat is at room temperature first, and cook until medium brown.","Stir in the flour and cook until dark brown (about 1 minute)","Add Worcestershire sauce, thyme, marjoram, mustard, bay leaf and seasoning.","Slowly add beef stock and ale, then bring to the boil.","Simmer gently until beef is almost tender, approximately 1 ½ hours.","Preheat oven to 200 °C.","Remove meat from heat, skim off any fat, adjust seasoning and add fresh chopped parsley.","Place in pie dish or individual dishes. Cover pie dish (or dishes) with the pastry and trim edges.","Bake for 20–25 minutes or until pastry is well-risen and golden brown."],"categories":["Meat recipes","Recipes using beef","Recipes using beer","Recipes for pot pie","Baked recipes","Main course recipes","English recipes","Recipes for pies and tarts","Recipes using bay leaf","Recipes using puff pastry","Recipes using all-purpose flour","Recipes using beef broth and stock","Recipes using vegetable oil","Recipes using marjoram","Recipes using English mustard"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":120,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Steak_and_Ale_Pie","source_ref":"4613702","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Steak_and_Ale_Pie&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"7f8b210c4272e0fa26a47dd5346ec040b4a3d1ea196d418fd90ab03bebe02bd3","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:24Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:24Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/steak-and-ale-pie"}