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Beefsteak and kidney pie

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Ingredients:
4 smallVeal or Baby Beef Kidneys
1 1/2 lbsRump or Round Steak (to be
-cut into 1" pieces
1 cupClaret or other Dry Red Wine
2 Onions, 1 sliced, 1 diced
2 Bay Leaves
1/2 cupParsley, chopped
1/2 cupCelery, chopped (including
-tender leafy tops)
1 cupMushrooms, sliced
Suet or Bacon Drippings
Flour for dredging and
-thickening
1 pintHot Water
Salt
1 tspCoarse Black Pepper
1 tspMarjoram
Pastry of puff-paste, pie
-crust, or biscuit dough (to
-cover casserole)
Procedures:
1Separate the kidneys with a sharp knife, discarding all gristly portions and fat.
2Sprinkle with salt.
3Cover with claret, add bay leaves, sliced onion, pepper.
4Let it marinate 2 hours.
5Pound the steak with flour, and cut into 1" pieces.
6Brown suet or heat bacon drippings in iron skillet.
7Then add diced onion and cook until clear; remove onion from skillet.
8Over medium heat, brown steak well.
9Next drain the kidneys, reserving the marinade; dredge with flour, and brown, stirring carefully.
10Add 1 pt or less or hot water, stir well, add chopped celery and parsley, and marjoram.
11Mix all well, and transfer to the casserole from which you intend to serve the pie.
12Strain into it the marinade.
13Cover with a tight lid, and bake at 325°F for about 1 hour.
14Remove from oven.
15Brown the mushrooms in bacon drippings, and if they need thickening, thicken with flour mixed in cold water and stirred carefully to avoid lumps.
16Add the mushrooms to the casserole mixture.
17Cover with a crust of puff-paste, pie crust, or biscuit dough, and return to 400°F oven, and bake until brown, about 20 to 30 minutes.
18Serve at once.
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