DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Beef and ale pie
British beef-and-ale pie with slow-braised shin, bacon and baby onions under suet pastry.
About Beef and ale pie
Beef and ale pie is a British savoury pie of slow-braised beef and ale gravy beneath a pastry crust. Felicity Cloake's selected version uses beef shin, smoked bacon and whole baby onions under a suet pastry lid.
Sweetish dark ale and beef stock give the gravy a deep malty savouriness. Thyme, bay, muscovado sugar, red wine vinegar and cocoa balance the rich beef and smoky bacon.
The filling is thick and dark, with tender pieces of beef and intact onions. The golden suet crust is crisp on top and softer underneath where it absorbs the meat gravy.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Barley (gluten), Milk.
Optional additions: Mustard.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Beef and ale pie
Felicity Cloake's British beef shin and dark ale pie.
- Beef drippingBrowning fat
- Beef shinProtein
- Plain flourCoating and pastry base
- Smoked bacon lardonsFilling
- Whole baby onionsFilling vegetable
- Sweetish dark aleGravy liquid
- Beef stockGravy base
- ThymeHerb
- Bay leafHerb
- Dark muscovado sugarSeasoning
- Red wine vinegarSeasoning
- CocoaSeasoning
- Baking powderPastry leavener
- Mustard powderPastry seasoning · Optional_component · Optional
- SaltPastry seasoning
- SuetPastry fat
- Iced waterPastry liquid
- MilkPastry glaze
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef dripping:
- Beef shin: . Beef shin is selected from the source alternative and mapped to approved generic beef; the cut remains explicit in the card name.
- Plain flour: . Repeated flour allocations are consolidated.
- Smoked bacon lardons:
- Whole baby onions: . Approved pearl-onion mapping represents the source small whole baby onions.
- Sweetish dark ale: . Exact ale style and supplier formula are unspecified; ordinary ale supports Barley.
- Beef stock: . Exact prepared-stock formula remains unresolved.
- Thyme:
- Bay leaf:
- Dark muscovado sugar:
- Red wine vinegar:
- Cocoa:
- Baking powder: . Exact supplier formula is unspecified.
- Mustard powder (optional): . The source marks mustard powder optional.
- Salt:
- Suet: . Suet is selected from the source alternative.
- Iced water:
- Milk:
Origins & food traditions
The source compares several established British steak-and-ale-pie approaches before selecting a beef-shin filling and suet pastry lid. This profile retains that named branch and does not merge its alternatives.
Countries
- United Kingdom
- United KingdomCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- British
- English cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.