Beef Duo - Curry and Individual Pot Pies
NOTE: I made the curry and the duck fat pastry as directed by the recipes in the links ... ok, I used water instead of vodka in the pastry cause I didn't want to waste the vodka. The filling for the pot pies started with the recipe on Allrecipes but I made some changes as briefly noted below.
I made the mistake of freezing an entire tray (2.6 lbs) of stewing beef when I brought it home so I wanted to get creative when I cooked it.
I recently saw an intriguing recipe for Punjabi Beef and Spinach curry which I wanted to make. It's not a pretty dish when done, but the combination of herbs and spices sounded like they'd make a flavourful dish. I browned all the beef and set aside 1 pound for the second dish, a pot pie.
Beef pot pies are a great way of stretching your meat to serve more people and getting some veggies into your diet at the same time. I chose to do individual pies so I could freeze away the extras for future meals without worrying about the filling oozing out and making a mess or drying out.
Inside the pot pie ... I think I need to make a bit more gravy but just adding some more broth which would make the gravy thinner should solve the issue.
I used a beef pot pie recipe I found on Allrecipes though I made some adjustments to the technique including making a roux based gravy, with the liquid used to simmer the beef (~1/2 cup), to which I added a rounded tablespoon of dried French onion soup mix and about a cup of chicken stock.
And, instead of a frozen pie crust, I made a flavourful pastry with some duck fat instead of using all butter.
I made the mistake of freezing an entire tray (2.6 lbs) of stewing beef when I brought it home so I wanted to get creative when I cooked it.
I recently saw an intriguing recipe for Punjabi Beef and Spinach curry which I wanted to make. It's not a pretty dish when done, but the combination of herbs and spices sounded like they'd make a flavourful dish. I browned all the beef and set aside 1 pound for the second dish, a pot pie.
Beef pot pies are a great way of stretching your meat to serve more people and getting some veggies into your diet at the same time. I chose to do individual pies so I could freeze away the extras for future meals without worrying about the filling oozing out and making a mess or drying out.
Inside the pot pie ... I think I need to make a bit more gravy but just adding some more broth which would make the gravy thinner should solve the issue.
I used a beef pot pie recipe I found on Allrecipes though I made some adjustments to the technique including making a roux based gravy, with the liquid used to simmer the beef (~1/2 cup), to which I added a rounded tablespoon of dried French onion soup mix and about a cup of chicken stock.
And, instead of a frozen pie crust, I made a flavourful pastry with some duck fat instead of using all butter.