On Sat 15 Aug 2009 12:40:59a, Ophelia told us...

> 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.../mums-steak-an
> d-kidney-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.

Yes, I order suet from my butcher. He doesn't ordinarily have it on hand,
so it takes several days before I can pick it up.


--
Wayne Boatwright
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini
bread, and pumpkin pie. Jim Davis