Best Steak And Kidney Pudding Recipes

STEAK AND KIDNEY PUDDING

Steps:

• You will also need a 2 and a 1/2 pint capacity pudding basin and a steamer.
• To make the pastry first sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl.
• Add some freshly milled black pepper, then add the suet and mix it into the flour using the blade of a knife.
• When it is evenly blended, add few drops of cold water and start to mix with the knife, using curving movements and turning the mixture around.
• The aim is to bring it together as a dough, so keep adding drops of water until it begins to get really claggy and sticky.
• Now abandon the knife, go in with your hands and bring it all together until you have a nice smooth elastic dough which leaves the bowl clean.
• It is worth noting that suet pastry always needs more water than other types, so if it is still a bit dry just go on adding a few drops of water at a time.
• After that, take a quarter of the dough for the lid, then roll the rest out fairly thickly.
• What you need is a round approx.
• 13 inches in diameter.
• Now line the bowl with the pastry, pressing it well all around Next, chop the steak and kidney into fairly small cubes, toss them into the seasoned flour, then add them to the pastry lined basin with the slices of onion.
• Add enough cold water to reach almost the top of the meat and sprinkle in a few drops of Worcestershire sauce and another seasoning of salt and pepper.
• Roll out the pastry lid, dampen its edges and put it in position on the pudding.
• Seal well and cover with a double sheet of foil, pleated in the center to allow room for expansion while cooking.
• Now secure it with string, making a little handle to that you can lift it out of the hot steamer.
• Then place it in a steamer over boiling water.
• Steam for 5 hours, adding more boiling water halfway through.
• You can either serve the pudding by spooning portions out of the basin, or slide a palette knife round the edge and turn the whole thing out on to a serving plate- place veggies below around pudding and garnish with fresh sprigs of parsley.
• Serving suggestion with the pudding would be boiled potatoes, boiled carrots and spring greens.
• This recipe is taken from Delia Smith's Winter Collection©- I hope she doesn't mind, I did buy the book!

STEAK-AND-KIDNEY PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper; then in a large deep ovenproof saute pan over high heat, heat lard or oil until hot. Saute beef cubes until browned; add onions and carrots and saute 10 minutes more. Add kidney and continue sauteing another 15 minutes.
• Stir in flour and bake for 10 minutes, uncovered. Remove from oven and place over medium-low heat. Scraping up whatever sticks to the bottom, add stock, mushrooms and Worcestershire. Simmer and stir occasionally for 45 minutes. Season to taste, cool, transfer to a container and refrigerate overnight.
• Cut off 1/5 of each suet pastry disk and roll the remaining pastry into circles about 10 1/2 inches in diameter and 1/16 inch thick.
• Line 6 18- to 20-ounce pudding basins or 5-inch ramekins with the pastry, pressing dough evenly around the sides. Fill with steak and kidney mixture. Roll out the reserved pastry and cover each pudding, crimping the edges closed.
• Here's the weird part: wrap each basin entirely in plastic wrap. (This makes it a steamed pudding rather than a browned pie.) Tie string around the outside (to keep plastic wrap snug) and put puddings on racks in pans of simmering water, covered, for 2 hours, making sure the water stays 2/3 the way up the sides of the basins.
• Remove the puddings from the water and remove the plastic wrap. Just before serving, cut a small hole in top of each and insert as many oysters as you like. (At Rules they put one oyster inside the pudding and another on the side in its shell.)

ENGLISH STEAK AND KIDNEY PUDDING

Steps:

• Make up the Suet pastry adding a little cold water at a time and first cutting it in and mixing untill it forms an elastic dough that leaves the bowl clean.Put aside a 1/4 of it for the lid. Roll the rest out and line a well buttered pudding basin with it. Chop the steak and the Kidney into fairly small cubes, I cut the fat of the beef, toss them in the seasoned flour then fry them in a little oil once browned add the slices of Onion in here and there then add enough cold water (about 1 1/2 Cups) to reach almost to the top of the meat. Now sprinkle a few drops of Worcestershire sauce and, 1 beef stock cube, pinch of salt and pepper bring to a boi then pour it into the pastry lined basin. leaving at least 1 inch gap from the top. Roll out the pastry lid and dampen edges and put it in position on the pudding. Seal it well and cover with a double layer of foil making sure it is pleated in the middle to allow room for the pudding to expand. secure with string around the rim. Put pudding bowl in a stock pot. Fill stock pot with enough water to come halfway up bowl. Cover and bring to a boil. Steam for 5 hours, adding more boiling water if needed. Checking on the water as you will have to add some halfway through.