Beef & Kumara Pie, Country Style

From "The Australian Women's Weekly".
It takes long time to cook it, but it's soo worth it.

Crust:
1 1/4 cups flour
50 g butter
1/4 cup water
1 egg, beaten
2 sheets puff pastry
Filling:
700 g Kumara (sweet potato)
1 kg chuck steak, diced
1/4 cup oil
2 medium onions
4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup fresh oregano
1/2 cup plain flour
1/3 cup tomato paste
1 cup red wine, dry
3 cups beef stock

Method:
First make filling, as it takes long to cook -Dice kumara and bake in an oven for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, dice meat and brown it in an oiled pan. Remove meat aside, then cook onions, garlic and oregano. Add flour, cook until lightly browned. Remove from heat, add other ingredients and meat, stir. Return to heat and cook for 1 hour. Cool and add kumara. Filling is ready.
Make dough, roll out and line a 22 cm flan tin. Blind bake 15 minutes with beans or rice, then remove weight and bake for another 10 min. Spoon filling into pastry case. Place one sheet of puff pastry on top, press edges and cut around. Make strips from other sheet of pasty and place them on top, making lattice shape. Brush with egg, and bake for 30 minutes.


Govedina i slatki krompir u tijestu, Seoski nacin

Potrebno:
1 1/4 solja brasna
50 gr putera
1/4 solje vode
1 jaje
2 lista lisnatog tijesta
Punjenje:
700 gr slatkog (narandzastog)krompira
1 kg govedine za dinstanje
1/4 solje ulja
2 srednja crvena luka
4 cena bijelog luka
1/3 solje svjezeg origana
1/2 solje brasna
1/3 solje gustog paradajz pirea
1 solja suhog crvenog vina
3 solje govedje supe

Nacin:
Najprije naprevite punjenje- Izrezite krompir na kocke i pecite ga u rerni 20 minuta.
Zagrijte tavu, nauljite pa proprzite sjeceno meso. Izvadite meso, pa na istu tavu dodajte luk, bijeli luk i origano, proprzite. Dodajte brasno, promijesajte dok ne dobije boju. Dodajte ostale sastojke i meso i kuhajte 1 sat. Prohladite i umijesajte krompir.
Umijesite tijesto, oblozite sa njim posudu za tortu velicine 22cm u precniku. Odrezite visak, pa pecite pritisnuto grahom (preko papira)15 minuta, izbacite grah pa pecite jos 10 minuta. Ubacite punjenje i poklopite sa lisnatim tijestom. Pritisnite prstima krajeve i odrezite visak. Od drugog lista napravite trake, koje cete poloziti preko prvog lista ukrsteno, premazite jajetom i pecite 30 minuta.

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