Much Ado About Mushroom Beef Steaks Poached In Ale Recipes

STEAK AND ALE

Steps:

• Season steaks on both sides with salt, pepper and butter. Put onto a hot grill and brown on both sides.
• In a Dutch oven or cast iron fry pan, add 1/2 stick of butter, onions, mushrooms and salt. Place lid on top and allow them to sweat.
• Add beer and place steaks in pan. Allow to stew until tender.
• Combine the thyme, parsley, nutmeg, remaining butter and flour together. Use this to thicken the sauce so as to be able to coat the back of a spoon.

STEAK AND ALE SAUTEED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Wash mushrooms in hot water.
• Melt butter and margarine; add beef base, onion, garlic powder and black pepper.
• Simmer mushrooms in mixture until soft.
• Add wine.

STEAK AND ALE PIE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Place the beef stew meat, onion, and ale in a large saucepan. Simmer over low heat until the meat is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Season the beef with garlic, thyme, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Mix in the potatoes and mushrooms. Cover and simmer over medium heat until potatoes are just tender enough to pierce with a fork, 10 to 15 minutes. Whisk a small amount of the sauce together with the flour in a small bowl, and stir into the beef. Simmer until slightly thickened.
• Fit one pie crust into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch pie plate. Spoon the hot beef mixture into the crust and top with the remaining pie crust. Cut slits in the top crust to vent steam and crimp the edges to seal them together.
• Bake in preheated oven until the crust is golden brown and gravy is bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes.

BEEF,ALE AND MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• first of all skin your shallots.cut bacon into strips.heat1 tbsp of olive oil and 10g of the butter in a large frying pan,add the shallots and bacon.cook over a medium heat until shallots are browned and the bacon has just started to crisp.remove from the pan and place in a large oven proof casserole dish.
• place beef in a large bowl,add flour,season and mix well.heat a further tbsp of oil in the frying pan and add one thuird of the beef.brown quickly over a high heat and spoon the meat into the casserole dish.repeat with the remaining meat.
• once all of the meat has browned,return the frying pan to a high heat and add the ale and beef stock.bring to the boil,stirring with a wooden spoon,and pour into the casserole.tie the bay leaf,thyme,parsley and celery together with kitchen string to make a bouquet garni and add to the pot.season,bring to the boil,cover with a lid and cook on the middle shelf of the oven for 1 hour.
• melt the remaining 30g butter in a frying pan and cook the mushrooms until browned,add to the casserole and contiue to cook for a further 20 mins.remove from the oven.leave to cool,cover and chill overnight before making the dumplings.
• preheat the oven to 150c/300f/gas 2.
• using a slotted spoon,remove all the meat and vegetables from the casserole and set aside.place the casserole dish and sauce over a medium heat and bring slowly to the boil.mix the remaining 1 tsp of butter and flour together to form a paste.add a little at a time to the casserole,whisking constantly until slightl thickened.you may not need it all.return the meat and vegetables to the casserole dish.
• dumplings; in a bowl,mix together all the dumpling ingredients and season.add enough water to bind,and shape into 8 dumplings.place on top of the casserole and return to the oven for a further 30-35 minutes.serve with baked or mashed potatoes.