Marion’s Best Meat Pie

Name: Marion’s Best Meat Pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 190 min
Total time: 200 min
Yield: Makes 10
Ingredients: 1kg (2.2lb) beef brisket, trimmed and cut into 3cm pieces; ½ tsp ground black pepper; ½ cup corn flour (cornstarch); 2 tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra if needed; 1 onion, finely diced; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 star anise; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 bay leaves; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 2 tbsp dark sweet soy sauce; ¼ cup BBQ sauce of your choice; 3 cups beef stock; 3 sheets frozen short crust pastry, thawed; 2 sheets froze puff pastry, thawed; 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten; tomato sauce/ketchup to serve; sea salt