Steak and kidney pie
Jul 31, 2011 2:00pm- 25 mins preparation
- 2 hrs 30 mins cooking
- Serves 6
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Ingredients
Steak and kidney pie
- 300 gram lamb's kidneys, trimmed, quartered
- 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 kilogram gravy beef, trimmed, cubed
- 1/4 cup plain seasoned flour
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup red wine
- bouquet garni
Rough puff pastry
- 1 3/4 cup plain flour
- 250 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup cold water
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
Method
Steak and kidney pie
- 1In a bowl, combine kidneys and sauce. Heat half oil in a heavy-based saucepan on medium. Saute kidneys, until lightly browned. Set aside.
- 2Heat remaining oil in same pan. Dust beef in flour, shaking off excess. Cook in two batches, 5-6 minutes, until well browned. Transfer to a plate.
- 3In the same pan, saute onion and garlic for 3 minutes, until tender. Return kidneys and beef to pan with stock, water, wine and bouquet garni. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Cook, covered, for 1 hour. Uncover and simmer for 30-40 minutes, until sauce thickens.
- 4Make Pastry using method below.
- 5Preheat oven to very hot, 220°C. Spoon meat and gravy into a 6-cup oven proof dish.
- 6Roll out pastry to 5mm thick. Cut to cover top of dish. Brush with egg. Cut 3-4 slits in top of pie. Place on oven tray. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce oven to moderate, 180°C. Bake for further 15-20 minutes, until crisp and golden. Serve with vegies of choice.
Pastry
- 7Sift flour into a bowl. Add butter. rub in until almost combined. Add water, mix to a streaky dough. Roll out on floured board to 20 x 50cm. Fold into thirds. Give a quarter-turn and roll again. Repeat twice. Cut in halves. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill half for 30 minutes (freeze remainder for later use).
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