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Ingredients Jump to Instructions ↓

  1. 90g ready-rolled puff pastry (preferably a brand made with butter)

  2. A little milk, to brush over the pastry

  3. 4 free-range lamb's kidneys, trimmed by the butcher

  4. 1 tablespoon buckwheat flour (you could use plain)

  5. 1kg good-quality lean free-range braising steak, cut into chunks

  6. 1/2 teaspoon white pepper

  7. 1 tablespoon olive oil

  8. 800g shallots, peeled and quartered

  9. 1 star anise

  10. 1 stick of cinnamon

  11. 1 bay leaf

  12. 150ml vermouth

  13. 700ml good-quality beef stock

Instructions Jump to Ingredients ↑

  1. Preheat a conventional oven to 200ºC or a fan-assisted one to 180ºC.

  2. Roll out the sheet of puff pastry and divide into six triangles of roughly the same size (or cut out fun shapes of whatever you fancy – for the show, we used a cow-shaped pastry cutter and some stars!).

  3. Brush the tops with a little milk and set onto a baking tray. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until puffed up and golden. Set aside for later.

  4. If you haven’t already got the butcher to do this for you, slice the kidneys widthways with a sharp knife.

  5. With the help of a small pair of scissors, carefully snip around the lighter centre core and discard. Then chop the livers into cubes.

  6. In a large mixing bowl, combine the buckwheat flour, the steak, the kidneys and white pepper until evenly coated.

  7. In a really large saucepan, fry half the meat in half the olive oil until it is well-browned, then set aside. Repeat the process for the other half until all the meat is well-coloured.

  8. Replace the meat into the pan, along with the shallots, star anise, cinnamon, the vermouth and stock.

  9. Bring to the boil, then turn the heat right down and place a lid over the top. Simmer super-duper gently for two hours before removing the lid and tasting.

  10. . The meat may not need the last half an hour or it may want slightly more (it all depends on the steak that you are using, the size of the chunks and the pan). What you are looking for is meat that has surrendered most of its tension without shredding into a mess.

  11. . Season well and top with a crisp of golden puff pastry on the top of each serving.

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