Proper beef ale mushroom pie

Ingredients

• small handful dried porcini mushrooms (about 10g) - not essential but very tasty
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1kg braising steak (buy this as a whole piece and cut it yourself into large chunks)
• 2 large onion, roughly chopped
• 4 large carrots, chopped into large chunks
• 2 tsp golden caster sugar
• 4 tbsp plain flour
• 300ml dark ale
• 2 beef stock cube mixed with 400ml boiling water
• small bunch each thyme, bay leaf and parsley, tied together
• 200g smoked bacon lardons, or chopped rashers
• 200g chestnut mushroom, halved
• 650g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• 250g lard or cold butter (or half of each), diced, plus extra for greasing
• 1 egg yolk, beaten, to glaze

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