Name: Crouton topped beef and chorizo pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil; 1 cured chorizo sausage, thinly sliced; 500 gram budget beef rump, sliced; 575 gram jar pasta sauce; 150 gram green beans, cut into 4cm lengths; 1 tablespoon thyme leaves; 2 sheets frozen shortcrust pastry, thawed; 150 gram sourdough, cut into 1 cm pieces; mixed salad, to serve

Ingredients

1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil

1 cured chorizo sausage, thinly sliced

500 gram budget beef rump, sliced

575 gram jar pasta sauce

150 gram green beans, cut into 4cm lengths

1 tablespoon thyme leaves

2 sheets frozen shortcrust pastry, thawed

150 gram sourdough, cut into 1 cm pieces

mixed salad, to serve

Method

1.Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a saucepan over moderate heat. Add chorizo; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until browned. Add beef; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until browned. Add pasta sauce and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a simmer.

2.Reduce heat to low. Simmer gently for 20 minutes or until beef is just tender. Remove from heat. Stir in beans and half the thyme. Cool.

3.Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced. Cut 1 sheet of pastry into 4 strips. Arrange strips around edges of remaining pastry sheet to form a raised border.

4.Grease a 20cm (base measurement), 5cm-deep round ovenproof dish. Line prepared dish with pastry. Trim edge. Prick base with a fork.

5.Bake for 10 minutes or until light golden. Fill pastry shell with cooled beef mixture; level surface.

6.Combine sourdough, remaining oil and remaining thyme in a bowl. Season. Sprinkle evenly over top of beef filling. Bake for 20 minutes or until bread is golden and crisp. Stand in dish for 10 minutes

7.Serve with salad

Swap baguette for sourdough
Note

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