Reduced Carb Beef and Mushroom Pie : A Joe Wicks’ Family Favourite

Our son and daughter-in-law both enjoy cooking and are often found in the kitchen preparing a meal for their family. Just recently they enjoyed cooking and eating this delicious 'reduced carb' meal. It's from the Joe Wicks recipe book they have on their kitchen shelf! It's a firm favourite of theirs, and I know the grandchildren enjoy it too!

sons delicious plate of food - photograph taken on his mobile phone

Serves 4
REDUCED-CARB

Ingredients
2 tbsp. coconut oil
1.25kg rump steak, chopped into large chunks
1 tsp butter
1 onion, diced
2 celery sticks, diced
1 carrot, diced
12 mushrooms, roughly chopped
2 sprigs of thyme
1 bay leaf
1½ tbsp. tomato puree
3 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
500ml beef stock
1 tbsp. cornflour
large handful of parsley, roughly chopped
4 sheets of filo pastry drizzle of olive oil
steamed greens, to serve

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 190°C (fan 170°C, gas mark 5).

2. Melt half of the coconut oil in a large pan or casserole dish over a high heat.

3. Add half of the meat to the pan, brown it all over and remove to a plate.

4. Repeat the process with the remaining coconut oil and meat.

5. Dollop the butter into the same pan and melt it over a medium to high heat. When bubbling, add the onion, celery, carrot and mushrooms and fry, stirring occasionally, for about five minutes.

6. Drop in the thyme and bay leaf and continue to fry for another minute.

7. Add the cooked meat back into the pan and squeeze in the tomato puree.

8. Stir-fry the puree with the rest of the ingredients for one minute and then pour in the Worcestershire sauce and stock.

9. Bring to a gentle simmer.

10. Mix the cornflour with one tablespoon of water and then stir it into the beef mixture. The mix should thicken pretty quickly.

11. Tip the beef mix into a baking dish and leave to cool for 10 minutes.

12. Take the filo pastry out of the fridge, crumple the individual sheets into a loose ball and place straight on top of the cooling stew so that it is entirely covered.

13. Drizzle the pastry with olive oil and then bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is browned and crisp.

14. Serve up with mounds of steaming green veg.

another mobile phone picture …

good home cooked food gives grand-daughter and grandson plenty of energy

Dear reader, you will find a variety of recipe ideas and articles within this blog, and not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.

All the best Jan