Val's Steak and Kidney Pie

 

Makes 10 individual pies

Ingredients

Filling

1k beef

300g kidneys

4 onions

5 cloves garlic

salt to taste

Pastry

250g suet

500g plain flour

a little salt

Method

Cook all the filling ingredients in a pan with a little water, you don't need a lid. Simmer for as long as possible. Leave to cool.

Mix all the pastry ingredients together and then add water gradually to make a dough, knead till smooth

Grease the pie dishes with butter, line them with the pastry and put the filling in. Cover with a pastry lid with a slit in it to let the steam escape.

Bake at gas mark 7 or 220c for 25 to 30 minutes.

pictures by Sioux Hurman © 2009