Here’s a great one I came up with over the weekend, it’s named Punk Pie as I used Brewdog Punk IPA, but really any IPA will work in the recipe.  You’ll need the following (and a couple of hours)

For the pastry –

• 350g of plain flour
• 200g of butter (or anything suitable for baking, as you can see I used Vitalite)
• 1 egg
• 1 egg to glaze

For the filling –

• 2 good sized onions, red or white will do
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 (325ml) bottle of Punk IPA, or the IPA of your choice
• 1.5 chicken stock cubes, or enough to make roughly 635ml of stock, more or less to taste
• 800g chicken thighs and legs
• A few handfuls of frozen peas
• 4 or so carrots
• A couple of tbsp of flour for thickening
• 200ml of water
• A pinch of sugar (to taste)
• A couple of pinches of tarragon
• A few handfuls of grated cheese
• Pepper

You’ll also need a mixing bowl, a casserole dish or oven proof pan (with a lid) and a 30cm pie dish
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