steak and kidney pie

Directions

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   Steak and Kidney Pie Source: Guardian newspaper 1 1/4 kg stewing beef (shin is particularly good for this) 500 g ox kidney 50 g plain flour,

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   Guinness) 2 bay leaves 225 g shortcrust pastry or puff pastry (as preferred) Chop up the onion quite roughly

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   Cut the bacon into thick matchsticks and the carrots into 1 cm-thick sections (quarter them if they are big)

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   Heat half the dripping or oil in a casserole and when it is good and hot chuck in the bacon and vegetables

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   Stir, reduce the heat and leave to soften up nicely

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   Cut the beef into 2.5 - 4 cm pieces, discarding any obvious lumps of fat or gristle

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   Mix the flour , mustard powder, salt and pepper in a bowl

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   Roll the beef chunks through the mixture and then pop them into a heated frying pan in which you have heated the rest of the dripping/oil to