# Beef Cheek and Ale Pie

A recipe for a delicious beef cheek and ale pie, served with crispy chips and mushy peas.

- Total time: 210 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 kg beef cheeks
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 garlic cloves
- 500 ml ale
- 500 ml beef stock
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp roasting herbs
- 1 salt
- 1 pepper
- 1 puff pastry
- 1 Maris Piper potatoes
- 1 veg oil
- 1 Marrowfat peas
- 1 handful mint
- 1 knob butter
- 1 squeeze lemon

## Instructions

1. Toss beef cheeks in flour. Heat olive oil in a pan and brown the meat in batches. Remove and set aside.
2. In the same pan, sauté onion, carrots, celery, and garlic for 5 minutes. Add tomato paste, ale, beef stock, thyme, and bay leaf. Return the beef to the pot. Put the pan/pot into the oven at 150°c for 3-4 hours or until spoon tender.
3. Cut potatoes into similar sizes, put them into cold water with a good pinch of salt, bring to a boil. Boil for 8 minutes then remove and let them cool down. Bring your oil up to temp for the first cook which is at 115°c and cook for 10-12 minutes. Remove and set aside, bring the oil temp up to around 180°c and put the chips back in until golden brown.
4. Preheat oven to 200°C. Spoon the filling into the pie dish. Cover with puff pastry, trim the edges, and brush with beaten egg. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden.
5. Pour peas into a pan, bring to a simmer and let it reduce, when it's reduced by half add in a knob of butter, a handful of mint, sprinkle of salt and a squeeze of lemon.
6. Make some gravy, plate it all up, get it in your mouth and be happy.

## Equipment

- oven
- pan
- tongs
- wooden spatula
- fork
- knife
- pie dish
- bottle opener

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EG3BdhdNQ/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/acca1ccc-8168-45a5-8fc7-626044b2511f
- Extracted: 2025-02-12

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