Beef & Beer Pies

• 2 onions, diced
• 150 g bacon, chopped
• 600 g premium beef mince
• 200 g mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 1/2 cups beer
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• puff pastry

1. Preheat oven to 200.C.
2. Saute onion & bacon until onion softens & bacon is cooked, set aside.
3. Add mince to pan and cook until browned, add mushrooms and cook until soft.
4. Return onion & bacon to pan and add flour, cook stirring for 3 minutes.
5. Add wine & beer & simmer until most of the liquid has reduced to a sauce consistency.
6. Add worcestershire sauce & parsley.
7. Spoon mixture into individual pie dishes, cover with pastry, (brush with egg or milk if you like) & bake about 20 mins or until pastry is well risen, golden & crisp.
8. NB/ If you choose to make fully enclosed pies, pastry top & bottom, allow mixture to cool before spooning into pastry otherwise it will become soggy.

onions, bacon, beef mince, mushrooms, flour, red wine, beer, worcestershire sauce, parsley, pastry

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/beef-beer-pies-226060 (may not work)