Braised Beef Pies with Tomato Kasundi Relish

  • Number of servings
    2

A touch of South Asian flavour they'll want to savour

Ingredients
Pie Filling
  • 30ml Oil
  • 500g Beef Chuck | Lean | Diced
  • 150g Carrots
  • 10g Rosemary | Chopped
  • 200g Onion
  • 10g Garlic
  • 130ml BUITONI Sugo per Pasta
  • 250ml Water
  • 40g MAGGI Rich Gravy Mix
Tomato Kasundi (Makes 429g)
  • 10ml Oil
  • 100g Onion
  • 15g Curry Spice Mix
  • 60ml Vinegar
  • 200g BUITONI Sugo per Pasta
  • 40g Sugar
  • 1 Sheet Short Crust Pastry
Mash
  • 50ml Milk
  • 50g MAGGI Natural Mashed Potato
  • 50g Butter | Melted
  • 1g Salt
  • 1g Pepper
Garnish
  • 5g Rosemary | Chopped
Gravy
  • 25g MAGGI Rich Gravy Mix
  • 250g water
Side
  • 150g Cooked Green Peas
  • 1 Sprig Mint | Chiffonade
  • 20g Butter
Preparation
  • 1
    Set your oven to 180 ˚C.
  • 2
    In a medium braising pot add oil, beef, and seal until brown, then set aside.
  • 3
    Add carrots, rosemary, onions until caramelised, add beef, deglaze with 200ml water and BUITONI Sugo per Pasta, bring it to a boil, cover & braise in the oven for 40 minutes or until tender.
  • 4
    In a saucepan sauté the onions, until tender.
  • 5
    Add the spices, vinegar and BUITONI Sugo per Pasta, then simmer for 10 minutes.
  • 6
    Add sugar, then set aside. It’s now ready as the dipper.
  • 7
    In a bowl add water, milk & MAGGI Natural Mashed Potato, stir until combined, set aside for 5 minutes & stir in melted butter salt & pepper and then set aside.
  • 8
    Take the beef out of the oven. Bring the beef to a boil.
  • 9
    Make a slurry with remaining water & MAGGI Rich Gravy Mix and pour into the beef to thicken it. Cool before filling.
  • 10
    Cut the short crust & line 2 x 12cm round spring tins, fill with pie mix & top with mash & rosemary. Bake in the oven for 15 mins at 220 ˚C, or until golden.
  • 11
    Boil 200ml water, make a slurry with the remaining water & MAGGI Rich Gravy Mix, pour in and simmer for 1 minute.
  • 12
    Serve the pie with the kasundi, minted peas & gravy.

The filling can make 20 x 40g small pies, with 1-2 sheets of puff pastry, for a catering event.