

Beef steak pieces sit in a rich ale gravy, covered with puff pastry and baked in a ceramic dish. It’s a frozen pie, so you cook it from frozen in the oven until the pastry is risen and browned and the filling is hot through. Charlie Bigham’s uses the ceramic dish for a few of its pies and bakes, and this one sits in that same ready-to-heat range rather than the brand’s tray-based meals. The filling is the usual steak-and-ale combination, with a sauce that stays loose enough to spoon but thickens as it cooks.

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