Old Fashioned Family Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 onion, chopped
    750 g ground beef
    425 g sliced mushrooms (in a can, not the ones in butter sauce)
    2 tablespoons gravy mix
    2 tablespoons plain flour
    1/4 cup water
    2 sheets puff pastry
Preparation
    Cook beef and onion in a large sauceppan until the meat is browned and the onion softened.
    Add the whole tin of mushrooms juice and all, stir well.
    Mix gravy powder and the flour into a smooth paste with the water.
    Add to meat and stir until its thickened (use your judgement here, if you like a little more gravy add a small bit of water).
    Grease a 20cm pie plate and cover base and sides with puff pastry.
    Spoon in meat filling and press down firmly.
    Cover in pastry, trim edge and press together with a fork to make a decorative edge.
    Pierce with a fork a couple of times or I like to cut a v in the top flipping it over to make a little triangular hole.
    Lightly brush with milk and decorate with excess pastry if desired.
    Cook in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
    I have also used fresh mushrooms in this, add them after you brown the meat, you may need to add a little more water if you use fresh mushies, again, use your judgement.

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