Preheat oven to 110C / Gas 1/4

Put stewing steak in a roasting tin, cover with water (approx. 1.5 pts) crumble Oxo cubes in and add black pepper , stir. Put the lid on the roasting tin or cover with foil. Pop in the oven for minimum 4 hours. Go and do something nice :-)

Peel and slice potatoes into 1cm slices, boil for 10-12 minutes or until tender, drain and put aside

Once meat is cooked - tip 1/2 the meat juice into a jug and put on one side for gravy later. Meanwhile thicken the remaining meat and juices with gravy granules until really thick. (2 tbsp)

Put meat and gravy in the bottom of a large pie dish (reserve a little gravy for on top of potatoes) pop the cooked sliced potatoes on top add a little gravy on top. Preheat oven to 190 C/ Gas 5

Roll out pastry , trim a small strip from the edge and using water place / attach this thin piece all around edge of pie dish.

Next with a pastry brush egg wash the pastry strip, then place rolled pastry over pie using the rolling pin to lift it. Press down and trim the the excess with a knife. (make a fancy pastry shape for the top)

Egg wash the top and bake in a preheated oven 200C/400F/Gas6 for 30 minutes until the pastry is golden and the filling is piping hot

Serve with lots of vegetable and additional gravy (using the meat juices put aside)