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Beef and oyster pie
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Beef and oyster pie

16 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Oysters were once as cheap as chips and were used as filled in pies like this. Now a beef and oyster pie is posh enough for a prince. The original surf and turf!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1069
Calories
60g
Protein
39g
Fat
114g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Oyster 6 medium (84g) 81
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 900g/2lb stewing beef
  • 2-3 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 3 long shallots
  • 2 garlic
  • 125g/4½oz smoked, rindless, streaky bacon
  • 1 tbsp roughly chopped thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 330ml/11fl oz stout
  • 400ml/14fl oz beef stock
  • flaked sea saltblack pepper
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 8 oysters
  • 400g/14oz plain flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 250g/9oz butter
  • 1 free-range egg

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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