Nigel Barden Beef and Ale Pie with Chorizo recipe on Radio 2 Drivetime

Nigel Barden served up a tasty beef and ale pie with chorizo using Marcus Wareing recipe on Radio 2 Drivetime.

The ingredients are: 4 tbsp vegetable oil, 4 tbsp plain flour, 1½ tsp table salt, Freshly ground black pepper, 800g braising steak, cut into 2cm chunks, 200g small shallots, peeled, 2 tbsp tomato purée, 2 garlic cloves, grated, ¼ bunch of thyme, tied with string, 2 bay leaves, 150g cooking chorizo, skin removed and diced into 1cm chunks 200ml ale, 600ml beef stock, 1tsp sweet smoked paprika, 1 x 320g sheet ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry, 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley, 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander and 2 egg yolks, beaten.


The recipe is taken from Marcus Wearing’s new book titled: New Classics: Inspiring and delicious recipes to transform your home cooking, available from Amazon now.