Beef and Guinness Pie

• 6 beef shins or 1 kg budget steak, diced
• 3 carrots, chopped chunky
• 2 celery ribs, chopped chunky
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 leek, chopped
• 2 teaspoons crushed garlic
• 1 tablespoon blackberry jam (or similar)
• 1 rosemary stick
• 1 cup gravy
• 1 stock, cube chicken or 1 beef
• 1 Guinness stout (can)
• puff pastry, x 4 sheets
• oil

1. Brown the beef shins or diced beef in oil.
2. Place in a casserole dish with the carrots, celery, leek, onion and garlic and1 can of guinness and cook for 1 hour 30 mins at 200 degrees celcius.
3. Remove casserole dish and add the rest of the ingredients.
4. Cook for a further 45 minutes.
5. Remove the rosemary stick (rosemary should have fallen off the stick by now).
6. If unable to use your casserole dish as a pie dish, transfer all ingredients to a pie dish.
7. Top with puff pastry and cook for a further 45 minutes.
8. Remove and let settle for 5 minutes
9. Serve with mashed potato or similar.

beef shins, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, blackberry, rosemary, gravy, stock, stout, pastry, oil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/beef-and-guinness-pie-425990 (may not work)