Name: Minced beef pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped -; 350g carrot, chopped -; 3 celery sticks, chopped -; 1 tbsp olive oil -; 500g lean beef mince -; 2 tbsp tomato purée -; 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce -; 350ml beef stock -; 1 egg, lightly beaten -; 375g ready-rolled puff pastry, quartered or left whole, depending on dishes used -; 350g frozen peas -; 1 tbsp mint sauce -

Ingredients for - Minced beef pie

1. 1 onion, chopped

2. 350g carrot, chopped

3. 3 celery sticks, chopped

4. 1 tbsp olive oil

5. 500g lean beef mince

6. 2 tbsp tomato purée

7. 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

8. 350ml beef stock

9. 1 egg, lightly beaten

10. 375g ready-rolled puff pastry, quartered or left whole, depending on dishes used

11. 350g frozen peas

12. 1 tbsp mint sauce

How to cook deliciously - Minced beef pie

1 . Stage

Fry the onion, carrots and celery in the oil in a large frying pan until softened. Add the mince, increase heat and cook for 5 mins or until well browned. Stir in the tomato purée, Worcestershire sauce and stock. Simmer for 5 mins until the sauce has thickened slightly. Cool for 10 mins.

2 . Stage

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Spoon the mixture into 4 individual pie dishes or one large dish. Brush the dish rims with egg, then lay the pastry on top and trim. Seal edges with a fork and brush the pastry with more egg. Poke a little hole in the top and cook for 25-30 mins or until the pastry is golden and risen.

3 . Stage

Meanwhile, cook the peas in boiling water, then drain and mash with the mint sauce. Serve the pies with the hot peas on the side.