Steak and Kidney Pie, Churchill

 

 Is this a nod to Winston Churchill? I know we're not related but yes, yes it is.

Ingredients

2 pounds Beefsteak

12  Mushrooms

2 lamb kidneys

2 hard boiled eggs

1 onion, cut into rings

bunch of mixed herbs

Biscuit or Pastry dough

Process

"Cut the steak and kidneys into small pieces and stew them gently for 1/2 hour with onion. When cold, place meat with gravy in pie dish, together with mushrooms and hard boiled eggs cut into slices. Pile them in the center so as to hold crust. Cover with crust, making air holes. Bake. All meat and filling should be cold before crust is laid on. "

Sauce Bearnaise

Ingredients: 

5 egg yolks 

3 tablespoons 

butter 

salt 

Parsley 

vinegar  

Process:

• Beat 5 egg yolks in saucepan.
• Add 1 Tablespoon butter, salt.
• Stir over a slow fire until it starts to thicken.
• Remove from fire, stir in 2 tablespoons butter.
• Stir at side of fire until butter is dissolved.
• Season with chopped parsley and 1 teaspoon vinegar.

A famous sauce - good on steak. * Clearly the farm had a wood cook stove in the kitchen. I think the directions are easily enough translated into the modern stove language. I love Bearnaise on my steak, but only have steak once a month so I don't clog my arteries every time. I am curious about her using parsley and not tarragon. When I make it, it is made with tarragon.