Steak& Kidney Pudding

1 Kidney, beef

4 tb Shortening

2 Onion -- chopped

2 lb Round steak -- cubed

1 1/2 tb Worcester sauce

1/2 ts Salt

1/2 ts Pepper

2 tb Butter -- softened

2 tb Flour

2 tb Parsley -- minced

1 t Rosemary

1 t Or?gano

-----PASTRY----- 1 c Flour -- + 2 t

1/4 ts Salt

1/3 c Shortening

2 tb -- Water, cold

Calories per serving: 654 Fat grams per serving: 36 Approx. Cook Time: 2:30

Wash the kidney, remove membranes and fat, and cut kidney in 1" cubes. Cube the steak into 1" cubes. Melt the shortening in a heavy pot. Add the onions and cook, stirring often, until well browned. Add the steak and kidneys. When the meat is browned on all sides, pour on 2 cups of boiling water, Worcester, salt, and pepper. Cove and cook over a very low heat for 1 1/2 hours, or until the steak is tender. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Blend

the butter with the flour to make a beurre manie. Drop small pellets of this paste into the sauce and stir to thicken it. Put meat and sauce into a deep pie plate and sprinkle with parsley. If you wish to use a pastry topping, roll out the dough and cover the pie plate. Slash the top, crimp the edges, and bake about 30 minutes, or until well browned. Pastry: Mix the flour and salt. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender. Combine lightly only until the mixture resembles coarse meal or very tine peas; its texture will not be uniform but will contain crumbs and small bits and pieces. Sprinkle water over the flour mixture, a tablespoon at a time, and mix lightly with a fork, using only enough water so that the pastry will hold together when pressed gently into a ball. --- Fannie Farmer Cookbook