Slow Cooker Beef and Guinness Pot Pie Soup with Thyme Puff Pastry Croutons

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 6 hours

Total Time: 6 hours 30 minutes

Servings: servings

Calories: 277kcal

Author: Melanie Bauer | Melanie Makes

This Slow Cooker Beef and Guinness Pot Pie Soup with Thyme Puff Pastry Croutons has it all! All the flavors of pot pie but without the time and effort it takes to make a finicky crust.

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Ingredients

2-3 pounds beef stew meat
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
3 celery stalks sliced
1 onion chopped
3 carrots sliced
3 potatoes cubed
8 ounces baby portabello mushrooms sliced
3 bay leaves
1 tablespoon thyme
1 tablespoon rosemary
4 cups beef broth
11.2 ounce bottle Guinness beer
1-1/2 cups frozen peas

Thyme Puff Pastry Croutons

2 sheets frozen puff pastry thawed
1/4 cup butter melted
1/2 teaspoon thyme

Guinness Roux

11.2 ounce bottle Guinness beer
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon thyme

Instructions

In a six quart slow cooker, add stew meat and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Add celery, onion, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms bay leaves, 1 tablespoon thyme and rosemary.
Pour beef broth and one bottle of beer over beef and vegetables.
Cook on HIGH for 6 hours.

Thyme Puff Pastry Croutons

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Stir together melted butter and thyme.
Roll puff pastry sheets to 1/4″ thick. Brush thyme butter over puff pastry sheets.
Cut puff pastry sheets into 1-2″ squares.
Place puff pastry squares on parchment lined baking sheets and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes until golden.

Guinness Roux

In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour, salt, pepper and thyme and whisk to combine.
Slowly whisk in 1 bottle of beer . Simmer over medium-low heat until thick.
Remove roux from heat and stir into soup mixture in slow cooker. Cook on HIGH uncovered for 30 minutes or until thick and bubbly.
Stir frozen peas into soup and ladle into bowls. Garnish with croutons prior to serving.

Notes

TIP: Forget the knife! Use a pizza cutter to quickly and easily cut the puff pastry sheets.

TIP: I love to use these precut parchment sheets to make my time in the kitchen super easy and less messy.

TIP: I like to make this recipe in this slow cooker – it comes in 4, 6 or 8 quart options – or using the slow cooker function of my Instant Pot. If using your Instant Pot, you’ll want to use the tempered glass lid instead of the top that comes with it and is used for pressure cooking.

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