Steak and Kidney Pie

• 1½ lb beef skirt
• 6 oz ox kidney
• 1 oz.

Trim the meat and cut it into 1-inch pieces. Cut the kidney into pieces of about the same size. Discard the core. Dust the meat and kidney with well-seasoned flour. Heat the fat and brown the meat very slowly. Remove from the heat, pour over the red wine and the stock (or omit the wine and make up the total amount of liquid in stock). Add the thyme and the crushed bay leaf and additional salt a