Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, steak and kidney pies. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Steak and kidney pie is a savoury pie that is filled principally with a mixture of diced beef, diced kidney (often of beef, lamb, or pork), fried onion, and brown gravy. Steak and kidney pie is a representative dish of British cuisine. Steak and kidney pie is a favorite in Britain.
Steak and Kidney Pies is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Steak and Kidney Pies is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook steak and kidney pies using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Steak and Kidney Pies:
- Take 250 grams Plain Flour
- Take 250 grams Butter
- Make ready 1 teaspoon (5 ml) Salt
- Prepare 150 mls approx Water
- Take 500 grams Ox Kidney
- Make ready 500 grams Braising Beef
- Make ready 2 Beef Stock cubes
- Make ready 300 mls Water
- Take 1 large Onion
Cut button-mushroom-sized lobes of kidney from the white central core (discarding). Cut the beef into bite-sized cubes and cut the mushrooms into chunks. Add salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce and allow to cool completely. Place the cooked meat mixture into a pie dish.
Steps to make Steak and Kidney Pies:
- Make the Pastry. Sieve the Flour into a bowl and add the Butter and salt. Mix with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add a little water at a time until the mix becomes a soft dough. Put in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, or while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- Cut the Ox Kidney into small pieces, discarding any white parts, and place in a heavy saucepan.
- Dice the beef into small cubes, discarding any fat. Add to the saucepan.
- Slice and dice the Onion, add to the saucepan with the Stock Cubes and 300 mls of Water. Bring to the boil, stirring, then simmer, with a lid on, if you have one, for about 15 minutes.
- Place the pastry onto a floured board Cut off about 1/3 and put aside for lids. Roll out to an even sheet. Grease the inside of the tins you are using, then add the pastry, overlapping the sides. Brush the inside thickly with beaten egg, to prevent leakage. Fill the pies to near the top, using a slotted spoon, to drain excess gravy, then add a little gravy to each pie.
- Roll out the remaining pastry to make lids, trim excess off the sides and brush with beaten egg. Make 2-3 slots in the lid. Cook in a medium hot oven for about 20-30 minutes until golden brown. Cool and enjoy! Can be frozen.
This is Gary Rhodes recipe for a great steak and kidney pie, which also allows you the bonus of making the filling the day before you need it. Steak and Kidney Pie is one of the most classic British dishes around. For the ultimate pie you need a good beef stock, flavoured with Worcestershire sauce, and some plain flour to thicken it up. Some people use stout or ale, but we've omitted this as we think it tastes great without. Cubes of beef kidney and steak are roasted with onions, potatoes and seasonings until tender.
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