SHOPPING LIST: Steak and Onion Pie with a Puff Pastry Lid, Mash and Buttered Cabbage (4 portions)
Meal Plan Occasions 2, Hogmanay main (serves 4, beef)

[ ] 900 g braising steak (chuck or shin), cut into 3 cm chunks
[ ] 2 tbsp plain flour, for coating the beef
[ ] olive oil (you need 3 tbsp)
[ ] 2 onions, sliced
[ ] 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1 cm pieces
[ ] tomato purée (you need 2 tbsp)
[ ] dried thyme (you need 1 tsp)
[ ] beef stock cubes (you need 2 cubes)
[ ] 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry (about 320 g), chilled
[ ] 1 egg, beaten, to glaze
[ ] 1 kg floury potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
[ ] 50 g butter, for the mash
[ ] 100 ml milk, for the mash
[ ] 1 savoy cabbage (about 500 g), shredded
[ ] 25 g butter, for the cabbage
[ ] black pepper (you need 1 pinch)

Cupboard check: olive oil, tomato purée, dried thyme, beef stock cubes, black pepper are probably already at home.
Beef tip: if frozen, defrost it in the fridge overnight, and cook it the next day.
Make ahead: the filling keeps for a day in the fridge.