Steak and Kidney Pie

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6 to 8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Real Irish Food

By David Bowers

Published 2014

  • About

Fondly known as “Snake and Pygmy,” in some ways the good old classic Steak and Kidney is a bit rich for today’s tastes. When I was a kid though, it was one of my family’s favorites and a frequent meal on cold, wet winter days. We would each be served a big gravy-sodden wedge of it with floury balls of potatoes and a heap of cooked cabbage. When I first left home, I regularly bought and ate the packaged variety, heating and eating it right out of the tin. But steak and kidney is still a luxu