Beef, Mushroom & Guinness Pie

This is a pie we made in my bakery for years in the UK and here in Spain too.
It's real comfort food at it's best. In the video I used a shortcrust base with traditional Puff Pastry top, however, you can use whatever pastry you prefer.
Recipe:
Ingredients
1 kg chuck steak you may know it as crop steak or braising steak, in Spain look for Estofado , cut into 2.5cm cubes.
2 tbsp vegetable oi l preferably NOT olive oil
2 cloves garlic chopped
1 onion medium finely chopped
1 carrot finely chopped
2 sticks celery finely chopped
3 large carrots halved lengthwise then cut into 1.5cm pieces
2 tbsp plain flour
300 ml Guinness or red wine. If you don’t want to use alcohol simply add extra stock.
500 ml beef stock Fresh, Carton or cubes will do.
2 - 3 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme
2 bay leaves fresh or dried
200 g bacon or panceta diced I use unsmoked streaky bacon
300 - 400 g mushrooms cut into quarters, I like to use Portobello mushrooms but any will do.
2 sheets puff pastry you can buy this ready rolled in all supermarkets (enough to cover you particular pie dish)
1 egg yolk for glazing the top of the pie.
PLEASE NOTE: On my website the recipe can be scaled to suit your gusts. Change the number of servings and the ingredients will automatically change.
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