Yes, there are things you can do with kidneys other than making pies.
Devilled kidneys were traditionally eaten for breakfast during Edwardian times. The kidneys are cooked in a gravy of worcestershire sauce, mustard, cayenne pepper and stock to give a slightly spicy dish with lots of flavour. The usual accompaniment is toast but, when this is replaced with mashed potato, devilled kidneys make a great evening meal.
Lamb kidneys, like liver, are very cheap. They cost around £5 per kilo. They also vary in texture and flavour depending on how you cook them. I’ve never been too keen on the kidneys in steak pies so, for this dish, I seared them in small pieces and then let the residual heat from the “devilled” sauce cook them until they were pink in the center. The result was suprisingly tasty.
The only problem with kidneys I found is coring them. That is removing the tough white bit from the middle. This is a nuisance, but I guess you should expect to do some work if you buy meat that cheap.
The meal cost about £1.10 for a portion.
200g kidneys
0.51
300g white potatoes
0.12
100g peas
0.12
half an onion
0.06
cream for mashing
0.05
lamb stock
0.07
cayenne, oil, flour
worcestershire sauce,mustard
0.15
Total
1.08
The recipe is here. Now I’ve spent about £17.50 which leaves me with £2.50 for tonight. Shouldn’t be a problem. 
Yes, there are things you can do with kidneys other than making pies.
Devilled kidneys were traditionally eaten for breakfast during Edwardian times. The kidneys are cooked in a gravy of worcestershire sauce, mustard, cayenne pepper and stock to give a slightly spicy dish with lots of flavour. The usual accompaniment is toast but, when this is replaced with mashed potato, devilled kidneys make a great evening meal.
Lamb kidneys, like liver, are very cheap. They cost around £5 per kilo. They also vary in texture and flavour depending on how you cook them. I’ve never been too keen on the kidneys in steak pies so, for this dish, I seared them in small pieces and then let the residual heat from the “devilled” sauce cook them until they were pink in the center. The result was suprisingly tasty.
The only problem with kidneys I found is coring them. That is removing the tough white bit from the middle. This is a nuisance, but I guess you should expect to do some work if you buy meat that cheap.
The meal cost about £1.10 for a portion.
| 200g kidneys | 0.51 |
| 300g white potatoes | 0.12 |
| 100g peas | 0.12 |
| half an onion | 0.06 |
| cream for mashing | 0.05 |
| lamb stock | 0.07 |
| cayenne, oil, flour | |
| worcestershire sauce,mustard | 0.15 |
| Total | 1.08 |
The recipe is here. Now I’ve spent about £17.50 which leaves me with £2.50 for tonight. Shouldn’t be a problem.
Excellent, and so easy to do. We had them with mash.
Comment by Elaine — November 16, 2010 @ 6:56 pm