James Martin served up beef pies with dipping sauce on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients for the sauce are: 200g white raisins (soaked in boiling water overnight) and 300ml HP sauce.

For the pastry: 500g strong plain flour plus extra for dusting, 10g salt, 500g cold butter, cubed and 300ml iced water.

For the filling: 1 onion, peeled and finely diced, 3 cloves garlic, peeled and diced, 500g beef mince, 100g mushrooms sliced, 50ml Madeira, 100ml veal jus, few sprigs of thyme, 25ml olive oil and 1 egg yolk for egg wash.

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