Steak And Ale Humble Pie

• excellent quality commercial puff pastry or shortcrust pastry made with @ 1 tbl. each of cider vinegar, buttermilk powder, pureed pumpkin, and fine corn meal added to recipe if possible
• 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
• 1 1/2 pounds grassfed sirloin, sliced bite size (or fresh venison steak with 2 juniper berries)
• kosher salt to taste
• fresh milled pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, minced
• 1 two inch sprig of rosemary, leaves only, minced
• 3 fresh sage leaves, rolled and sliced
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 ounces flour
• 1 cippolini onion, peeled and sliced
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 6 ounces pumpkin ale
• 12 ounces homemade stock, vegetable or beef, with more in reserve
• 1 leek bulb, sliced
• 1 parsnip, peeled and sliced
• 1 red bliss potato, peeled and diced
• 1/3 cup fresh sugar pumpkin, peeled and diced
• 1 carrot, peeled and sliced
• 1 mac apple, peeled and sliced
• 1 slice of cooked applewood smoked bacon, diced
• 1 egg yolk thinned with a tbl. milk
• small bowl of cold water for sealing crusts together

1. Heat a pan with the oil. Add the beef with some milled pepper and sear quickly. Remove from heat and dredge in flour seasoned with herbs, salt, and pepper.
2. Saute the onions in the pan until translucent. Add the stock, ale, and syrup. Bring to a boil, then simmer.
3. Add the vegetables, bacon, and dredged sirloin with all the flour and herbs to the pan. Add the apple about 15 minutes later. Simmer gently for about 40 minutes. Make sure you achieve a gravy-like consistency here at this stage. Balance this out by the end (add flour to a cool stock and then add to pan to thicken or add more stock to dilute). Let this mixture rest for several hours or overnight for the flavors to mingle.
4. Then line the deep dish pie pan with your selected chilled pastry crust. I hope you are able to integrate some pureed pumpkin and corn meal into your crust, just by adding a tablespoon of each to your recipe (I have a shortcrust recipe with my peach pie on this site, if you need one). Brush lightly with oil. Add the filling.
5. Add and seal the top crust, either as a solid piece with vents or a lattice design to the bottom crust using some cold water. Brush with an egg yolk thinned with about a tablespoon or less of milk. Bake until golden brown in a 400 degree oven (35-40 minutes). Cool but serve warm with some wilted greens like swiss chard in light olive oil and lemon.

pastry, grapeseed oil, grassfed sirloin, kosher salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary, sage, bay leaf, flour, cippolini onion, maple syrup, pumpkin ale, homemade stock, leek bulb, parsnip, red bliss potato, fresh sugar pumpkin, carrot, apple, bacon, egg yolk, bowl of cold water

Taken from food52.com/recipes/6705-steak-and-ale-humble-pie (may not work)