Kidney Pie

Ingredients

• 4 kidneys
• ¼ lb. of macaroni
• pepper
• salt
• made mustard
• tomatoes
• butter
• fine bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Cut kidneys into neat squares and stew gently in weak stock for ¼ hour.

2. 2

   Cook macaroni until tender, and cut it into inch lengths.

3. 3

   Butter a baking-dish and put in a layer of macaroni; over that spread a layer of sliced kidneys seasoned with pepper, salt, and made mustard.

4. 4

   Sprinkle over a little flour, add a layer of tomatoes.

5. 5

   Repeat these layers and cover with fine bread crumbs when the dish is filled.

6. 6

   Pour in a rich gravy made from the stock in which the kidneys were stewed; put small bits of butter over the crumbs on top, and bake steadily for 1 hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 223. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

KIDNEY PIE. — Cut 4 kidneys into neat squares and stew gently in weak stock for ^4 an hr. Cook a ^4 I'b. of macaroni till tender, and cut it into inch lengths. Butter a baking-dish and put in a layer of macaroni; over that spread a layer of sliced kidneys seasoned with pepper, salt and made mustard. Sprinkle over a little flour, add a layer of tomatoes. Repeat these layers and cover with fine bread crum'b

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