Steak and Kidney pudding
- Ingredients:
Suet pastry
375 g of self-rising flour
1 teaspoon of salt
130 g lard cut into small pieces
200 to 230 ml of cold water
Steak and kidney pudding
A knob of butter for greasing the cooking pan and parchment paper
1 tablespoon olive oil
130 g of beef kidneys cut into small pieces
600 g of braised beef cut into 2 cm pieces
1 finely chopped onion
5 to 6 mushrooms cleaned and cut into small cubes
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon of thyme
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon tomato paste
130 ml of dark beer (stout) or red wine
130 ml brown beef stock or 130 ml water + 1 tablespoon Marmite
Salt pepper
- Preparation 30 minutes + 30 minutes of rest | Cooking time 4h20
Suet Pastry
- Pour the flour and salt into a bowl.
- Add lard pieces and pour 100 ml cold water.
- Mix gently with your hands and gently add the remaining cold water if needed.
- Gather the mixture into a ball. Wrap it with cling film.
- Store in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Steak and kidney pudding
- In a large skillet or casserole, heat half of the oil.
- Brown the pieces of kidneys.
- Remove from the pan and set aside on a plate.
- Pour the remaining oil into the casserole and fry the pieces of beef with 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Once the beef is golden, add the onions.
- Reduce heat and sauté for 10 minutes.
- Add the flour, thyme, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste and ½ teaspoon of black pepper.
- Mix with a wooden spoon for cook for 5 more minutes.
- Transfer the pieces of kidney in the casserole with the mushrooms.
- Pour brown beer/ red wine or beef stock or a mix of water with Marmite.
- Check the seasoning and allow the mixture to cool in a large container at room temperature.
Pudding assembly
- Butter the pie pann
- Spread the dough in a large circle on a thickness of 2.5 cm.
- Cut a quarter of the dough. Reserve it to cover the pudding.
- Pour the beef mixture into the bowl.
- Place the remaining pastry on top.
- Brush the edges with water to seal the dough.
- Butter a large sheet of parchment paper. Lay it on the top.
- Add a large aluminium foil.
- Cook it in bain-marie
- Continue cooking for 4 hours, checking the water level every 30 minutes.
- Remove the two baking sheets.
Serve Steak and kidney pie with vegetables and some homemade fries or mashed potatoes.
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