"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> You have asked me for a recipe for steak pie. I have never used a recipe
> for it and I started to type up how I made mine. However, I decided it
> would be easier to find one similar to the ones I make. Delia's recipes
> are always good and not complicated. The following recipe is for steak
> and kidney. If you don't like kidney, simply leave it out and add more
> steak. I often put mushrooms in too.
>
> As for pastry, sometimes I use puff pastry, but to make that from scratch
> is fiddly and takes time. If you can get a good ready made butter puff
> pastry, that is acceptable. Shortcrust is easy and good and I used to
> make a pastry called 'rough puff pastry' which I like very much.
>
> It consists of cutting lard into small chunks and placing in the fridge to
> harden. They are then mixed with flour and salt and very cold water. The
> lard in not 'rubbed in' but kept in chunks. Roll out the pastry and fold
> into three. Do this three times and then rest it in the fridge for a
> while after which roll it out to cover your dish. It must be kept very
> cold until it goes into the oven so handle very sparingly.
>
> http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/c...plate-pie.html
>
> If you need to ask anything more.. then ask away
>
> A last thought.. suet pastry is wonderful too but I am not sure you can
> get the suet, although I think Wayne has had some in the past.

I've found it in SMs here, north of the 49th, but it's not so readily
available as in the UK.
Graham