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      Title: Martha Washington's Beefsteak & Kidney Pie
 Categories: Beef, Offal, Wine, Vegetables, Pastry
      Yield: 8 Servings

      4 sm Veal or baby beef kidneys;
           - soaked overnight in three
           - changes of salt water
  1 1/2 lb Rump steak; in 1" pieces
      1 c  Claret or other dry red wine
      2 lg Onions; 1 sliced, 1 diced
      2    Turkish bay leaves
    1/2 c  Parsley; chopped
    1/2 c  Celery; chopped, w/tender
           - leafy tops
      1 c  Mushrooms, sliced
           Suet or Bacon Drippings
           Flour for dredging and
           - thickening
      1 pt Hot Water
           Salt
      1 ts Coarse black pepper
      1 ts Marjoram; dried
           Pastry, pie crust or biscuit
           - dough to cover casserole

  Separate the kidneys with a sharp knife, discarding all
  gristly portions and fat. Sprinkle with salt. Cover with
  claret, add bay leaves, sliced onion, pepper. Let it
  marinate 2 hours.

  Pound the steak with flour, and cut into 1" pieces. Brown
  suet or heat bacon drippings in iron skillet. Then add
  diced onion and cook until clear; remove onion from
  skillet.

  Over medium heat, brown steak well. Next drain the
  kidneys, reserving the marinade; dredge with flour, and
  brown, stirring carefully. Add 1 pt or less or hot water,
  stir well, add chopped celery and parsley, and marjoram.

  Mix all well, and transfer to the casserole from which you
  intend to serve the pie. Strain into it the marinade.
  Cover with a tight lid, and bake at 325+#F/160+#C for about
  one hour.

  Remove from oven. Brown the mushrooms in bacon drippings,
  and if they need thickening, thicken with flour mixed in
  cold water and stirred carefully to avoid lumps. Add the
  mushrooms to the casserole mixture. Cover with a crust of
  puff-paste, pie crust, or biscuit dough, and return to
  400+#F/205+#C oven, and bake until brown, about 20 to 30
  minutes. Serve at once.

  Source: The First Ladies Cookbook - 1969 . Chapter on
  George & Martha Washington

  Posted by: Sandy May  11/93

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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