Beef And Vegetable Pot Pie Mccalls Cooking School Recipes

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in pepper and salt; remove and set aside. In the same skillet, saute the onions, carrots and parsnip in butter for 7 minutes. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in flour., Combine the broth, vinegar and mustard; gradually stir into vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in beef mixture and 2 teaspoons rosemary; heat through. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish., On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a 10-in. square. Sprinkle with remaining rosemary; press into pastry. Place over filling; flute edges and cut slits in top. Brush with egg. , Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Steps:

• Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim pastry even with edge. In a large bowl, combine beef, vegetables, soup and pepper. Spoon into crust. , Roll out the remaining pastry to fit top of pie. Place over filling; trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in top. Bake at 400° for 30-35 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked pie. To use, remove from freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Preheat oven to 400°. Place pie on a baking sheet; cover edge loosely with foil. Bake as directed, increasing time to 5-10 minutes or until heated through and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°.

Steps:

• Wipe beef cubes with damp paper towels; discard excess fat. In hot oil in 6-quart Dutch oven or heavy kettle, over medium heat, brown one-third of beef cubes at a time until browned on all sides. Remove from pot and repeat until all beef is browned. Remove all beef from pot.
• Add garlic to drippings in pot; saute 1 minute. Return all beef to pot; add undiluted consomme, tomato sauce, salt, thyme, peppercorns, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce and 1 1/3 cups water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover pot and simmer for 1 hour. Remove bay leaf.
• Add whole onions to meat mixture; cover pot and simmer for 30 minutes longer. Add carrots and potatoes to meat mixture; simmer about 30 minutes longer or until they are tender. Add frozen beans; cook 4 to 5 minutes. Add frozen peas; cook 4 minutes longer. Preheat oven to 400°F.
• With a slotted spoon, remove meat and vegetables to a 3-quart casserole. Strain liquid into a 4-cup measure; skim off and discard fat. You should have 2 cups liquid left. (Add water if needed.) Return liquid to Dutch oven. In a small bowl, gradually blend flour with 1 cup water.
• Stir flour mixture into liquid; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until gravy thickens. Pour over meat mixture in casserole. Place in oven; bake 25 minutes. Meanwhile, remove biscuits from package; roll one to make a 10-inch-long rope.
• Repeat with other biscuits to make a total of 7 ropes; place on meat mixture in casserole to form a lattice. Place remaining 3 biscuits alongside. Brush ropes with egg-yolk mixture and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Pastry:.
• Mix 1 1/3 cup flour, salt and pepper in food processor. Add cold shortening and butter. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. with motor running, pour 3 T water through feed tube. Process 1 minute. Press pastry into 1/2 inch disk. Wrap in waxed paper. Chill at least 30 minutes.
• Filling:.
• Melt 3 T butter. Stir in 3 T flour and thyme. Cook, till golden. Whisk in 1 1/2 broth and all the cream until thickened. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper and remove from heat. Reserve.
• Preheat oven to 350°F In large skillet, over med-high heat, melt remaining butter. Add onion; sauté 3-4 minutes. Add carrots, mushrooms and remaining 1/2 cup broth; cook stirring freq, 10-12 minutes until veggies are tender and broth has evaporated. Stir in peas, chicken, and reserved cream mixture; cook 2 minutes. Cover and keep hot over low heat.
• Roll pastry between 2 sheets wax paper to 11 inch round. Transfer filling to 10-inch deep-dish pie plate. Peel off top sheet of paper from pastry; invert pastry over top of pie plate. Peel off bottom paper; crimp pastry. Brush with egg wash. Cut vents. Bake on baking sheet 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Make sauce: In hot oil in a 5 quart Dutch oven, saute onion and garlic 5 minutes.
• Mix in rest of sauce ingredients and 1 1/2 cups water, mashing tomatoes with fork.
• Bring to boiling, and reduce heat.
• Simmer mixture, covered and stirring occasionally, 1 hour.
• Make manicotti: In medium bowl, combine 6 eggs, the flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 1/2 cups water with electric mixer.
• Beat just until smooth.
• Let stand 1/2 hour or longer.
• Slowly heat an 8" skillet. If you aren't using a skillet with a non-stick surface, brush skillet lightly with butter for each manicotti. Pour in 3 tablespoons batter, rotating the skillet quickly to spread batter evenly over bottom.
• Cook over medium heat until top is dry but bottom is not brown.
• Turn out on a wire rack to cool.
• Continue cooking until all of the batter is used.
• As the manicotti cool, stack them with waxed paper between them.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Make Filling: In large bowl, combine ricotta, mozarrella, 1/3 cup parmesan, the eggs, salt, pepper, and parsley.
• Beat with wooden spoon to blend well.
• Spread about 1/4 cup filling down the center of each manicotti and roll up.
• Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce into each of two 12x8x2" baking dishes.
• Place 8 rolled manicotti seam side down in single layer. Top with 5 more.
• Cover with 1 cup sauce and sprinkle with parmesan.
• Bake, uncovered, 1/2 hour or until bubbly.

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, brown the pieces of meat on all sides. Pour in some water to almost cover. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer until meat is tender and falls apart easily; about 2 to 3 hours. Transfer meat to a large mixing bowl. Shred the meat slightly and add salt and pepper to taste.
• In another 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, pour in beef broth and add carrots and potatoes. Cook until almost tender; about 15 to 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• When the carrots and potatoes are done, transfer to the large mixing bowl with the beef; leaving the liquid in the pan. Combine the peas with the carrots, potatoes and beef.
• Dissolve the cornstarch with the 1/3 cup of water. Pour into the saucepan of beef broth, stirring constantly. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat; cook for 5 minutes.
• Line a 9 inch pie plate with one of the pie crust following the package directions. Place the beef mixture into the pie crust. Pour the gravy over the top of the mixture, then cover with the other pie crust. Bake in a preheated oven until the crust is golden brown; about 25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Wipe beef with damp paper towels.
• If meat is thicker than 1/8 inch, flatten with side of meat cleaver or wooden mallet.
• Sprinkle beef slices lightly with salt and pepper.
• On a sheet of waxed paper, mix flour with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• MAKE FILLING: In 2 Tablespoons hot butter in small skillet, sauté chopped onion until golden—about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; add 2 cups parsley and the capers.
• Mix well.
• On each slice of meat, on the wide end, place a half slice bacon and 1/4 cup filling.
• Fold over 1/2 inch on narrow sides.
• Roll up from wide end.
• Tie with twine.
• Roll in seasoned flour; reserve leftover flour.
• In 6-quart Dutch oven, heat Oil and Butter.
• Brown roulades, a few at a time, on all side—1/2 hour in all.
• Remove roulades as browned.
• Add whole onions to Dutch oven; brown on all sides.
• Remove.
• Add roulades, beef broth, 1 cup red wine, the sherry and bay leaves.
• Bring to boiling; reduce heat; simmer, covered, 1 hour.
• Add onions and carrots, and simmer 1/2 hour, or until tender.
• With slotted spoon, lift out roulades; place on tray.
• Remove twine.
• In a small bowl, mix reserved seasoned flour and 1/2 cup wine, stirring until smooth.
• Stir into liquid in Dutch oven.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat, simmer, stirring, until thickened and smooth.
• Replace roulades in Dutch oven.
• If not serving at once, cool, then refrigerate, covered.
• TO SERVE: Reheat gently over low heat, covered, 20 minutes, or until roulades are heated through.
• If sauce seems too thick, stir in a little more red wine.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Cook and stir onion in margarine in large saucepan on medium-high heat until crisp-tender. Blend in flour; cook and stir 1 minute. Add beef broth and steak sauce; cook and stir until mixture thickens and begins to boil. Stir in steak and peas and carrots. Spoon into 2-quart casserole dish.
• Roll out pastry crust to size about 1-1/2 inches larger than size of casserole dish. Place pastry over casserole; turn under edge of pastry and press to edge of casserole dish to seal. Flute edge, if desired. Cut several slits in center of crust to vent.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.