Puffed Up Love Pie.

This pie is perfect for a home cooked valentines dinner.

It is a steak and leek pie stuffed with onions, it takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes start to finish if you are not making your own pastry.

Here is the recipe serves 3 (large portions)

Ingredients:
450g stewing steak cut into strips
1 large onion
handful of thyme chopped finely
handful of parsley chopped finely
as many leeks as you fancy
1 tablespoon flour
2 beef stock cubes (dissolved in 260ml boiling water)
salt and pepper
1 packet puff pastry
1 egg

Step 1.
Lightly dust the steak in flour that has been seasoned with a little salt and pepper. Then heat olive oil in a large saucepan. Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees.

Step 2.
Stir the steak strips frequently until it has browned both sides, then add the chopped onion, parsley, thyme, leeks and beef stock and bring to the boil.

Step 3.
Then turn it down to simmer for 45 minutes, and then transfer it to your casserole dish.

Step 4.
Roll out your puff pastry and cover your dish with the pastry. Slice a pattern with a sharp knife across the pastry and trim the edges. With the trimmed edges roll it out again and with a heart shaped cutter cut out 2 hearts and place them on top of the pastry.

Step 5.
Brush your pastry with the beaten egg and place in the oven at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown.