steak & kidney puddings

lynzpower

hi all
Quick question

Im going to make these for the 1st time tomorrow,

What sort of thing do I need aside from

half pack atora suet
pack of waitrose steak & kidney

I dont have pudding boilers

Anyone any idea how I can do these
off to Mr Ts in a mo, so if anyone can help pronto that would be fab!

lynzpower

actually, its OK cos I just found the answer here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/steakandkidneypuddin_4410.shtml

Dazi

Hiya

Just wondered if anyone knows how long it will take to steam in an electric steamer if the meat is already cooked. Have done a search on the net and get answers of anything from 45 mins to 2 hours

Thanks xx

Addiscomber

I haven't got an electric steamer, but would steam a pudding like that for about an hour on the hob, once the water was boiling. Can you translate that for your steamer, although I expect it is similar once it is producing steam?

Tabatha_Kitten

Shouldn't imagine it matters too much if it was left too long.
Cant get them here in Cheshire, but when we used to live in Lancs the local chippy had them sat there bubbling away in a big pan all day long !
Mouth watering now.
Pudding, chips, peas & gravy ! Proper Lancashire grub.
Used to take our own bowls to the chippy and they kept them warm for us on the counter whilst we were waiting to be served !

morwenna

Mine took 45 mins this evening (pre cooked filling) in my top of hob steamer if that helps?

onetomany

yum yum sounds lovley me jelous had a paket of noodles 4 tea

ClaireLR

I'm going to have a go at making Steak and Kidney pudding in a bit for our tea tonight. I'm just wondering if I should cook/semi cook the steak and kidney before putting it into the pie? I seem to remember a Delia recipe where she puts the meat in completely raw with just some water, but this doesn't sound like it would have a lot of flavour or make a nice thick gravy.

Does anyone have any tips please? Thanks :-D

Linda32

ClaireLR wrote: »

I seem to remember a Delia recipe where she puts the meat in completely raw with just some water, but this doesn't sound like it would have a lot of flavour or make a nice thick gravy.

Hi, far be it for me to contradict Saint Delia, but that sounds awful :eek:

Now, me being the expert having never cooked steak and kidney pudding but having done a mince and potato pie, I make the filling in a saucepan, cook mince first etc, add diced veg and spuds etc. Then when the filling has cooled put into raw pastry, and cook for 30 mins, gas mk 6 (my oven). I beleive a pudding is steamed, as I say, never made one.

But I would at least think that you browned the meat first.

PasturesNew

Cornish pasties are made with raw meat/raw veg and no "gravy". The gravy comes from the flavour of the meat and the time it takes to steam the pudding. It's the slow cooking and all those meat juices steaming for a long time that creates a natural/good gravy.

PasturesNew

I did a quick Google and found this Delia recipe that says: "Next chop the steak and kidney into fairly small cubes (reserving the trimmings for the gravy), toss them in 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."

So it's not just meat/water (which I didn't think it would be), but also onion, sauce, salt/pepper.

She then additionally goes on to make a separate gravy.

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/main-ingredient/meat/offal/steak-and-kidney-pudding-with-steak-and-kidney-gravy.html - although I think her instructions of steaming for 5 hours is probably a little long! 3 hours comes to mind.

My nan just used to make the pudding and that's what we ate, no extra gravy.