Quorn Vegetarian Steak Strips, Ale And Mushroom Pie
Ingredients
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped finely
- 1 carrot, peeled and sliced thinly
- 1 stick celery, sliced thinly
- 250 g (9 oz) mushrooms, sliced – portobello are best if you can get them
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 300 g (10½ oz) Quorn Vegetarian Steak Strips
- ½ tsp brown sugar
- 1½ tsp cornflour
- 100 ml (3½ fl oz) pale ale
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 generous teaspoon tomato purée
- ½ tsp yeast extract
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp dried rosemary
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 220 g (8 oz) puff pastry for top of pie
- 1 egg to glaze
- To Serve: fluffy mash; seasonal veg; gravy.
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Give this recipe for Quorn Vegetarian Steak Strips, Ale And Mushroom Pie a try, and we guarantee you won’t be able to tell the difference.
Method:
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 deg. C., 400 deg. F., Gas Mark 6.
- Heat oil in a frying-pan, add the onion, carrot and celery and fry gently for 2 to 3 minutes until softened and starting to brown, then add the mushrooms and the garlic and continue to cook for a further 3 minutes until the mushrooms have softened. Toss in the Quorn Vegetarian Steak Strips and stir all of these ingredients together.
- Add the brown sugar and cornflour and continue to cook gently for a minute, then add the pale ale, crumbled stock cube, tomato purée, yeast extract and herbs.
- Simmer gently for 5 minutes until the sauce is thickened and bubbling. Season to taste. If the sauce is a little too thick, add
2 tablespoons of water. - Place the steak and mushroom filling into an ovenproof dish. Moisten the edges of the dish with a little beaten egg, cover with puff pastry, trim the edges and glaze with a little more beaten egg. Pop into the oven for 20 minutes until the pastry is golden.
- Serve with mash, gravy and your selection of seasonal vegetables.
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