Beef And Guinness Pie

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Put tomato paste into a large bowl and whisk in stock until paste is dissolved.

Add beef , mushrooms , onions , garlic , thyme and stout.

Stir well.

Sprinkle flour over beef mixture and season with salt and pepper.

Stir well.

Transfer to a deep 10 1 / 2 x 12 1 / 2 ovenproof baking dish and cover with foil.

Bake stirring occasionally until meat is very tender- 3 1 / 2- 4 hours.

Beat egg with 1 tsp water in a small bowl.

Roll out puff pastry on a lightly floured surface to about 1 / 4 inch thick and 2 inches larger than the baking dish.

Remove baking dish from oven , remove foil and drape pastry over dish.

Brush with egg wash.

Return dish to oven and bake until pastry is puffed and deep golden brown- about 40 minutes.

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