Slow-Cooked Beef with Shiraz & Cracked Pepper Pie

What is it?

Slow-cooked beef sits in a gravy made with Shiraz red wine and cracked pepper, all enclosed in Herbert Adams pastry. The filling leans dark and savoury, with the wine bringing fruit and a bit of tannic edge to the sauce. Compared with the rest of the Herbert Adams pie range, this one uses wine as a main flavour element rather than just stock and seasoning. It’s a frozen pie, so it’s meant to be heated in the oven until the pastry is crisp and the centre is hot through.