Pork Kidney Stew

Click to Enlarge	Pork Kidney Stew Hungary - Veseporkolt
	Serves Effort: Sched: DoAhead:	4 main ** 1-3/4 hr Yes		This interesting stew is definitely a change of pace from the usual beef stew, and easy to make. Here it's shown accompanied Smashed Potatoes and Sour Cream. Pork kidneys are widely available in ethnic markets.

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Pork Kidney (4)
Onion
Flour
Butter
Lard
Paprika (1)
Salt
Stock
Bay Leaves
Mace
Pepper
-- Serve With
Sour Cream
Potatoes
- or dumplings
Chopped chilis (2)

Prep

Soak KIDNEYS in Milk or Salted Water 1 hour. Discard the liquid. Remove any membranes, any obvious plumbing and as much fat as possible. Cut the kidneys into 1/2" to 3/4" dice.
Chop ONION small.
Soften BUTTER and mix thoroughly with FLOUR to make an uncooked roux.

Run

Heat LARD in a large sauté pan or stew pot and fry Onion stirring until translucent.
Stir in Kidneys and sprinkle with PAPRIKA and SALT. fry stirring over high heat for a few minutes.
Stir in Stock and BAY LEAVES. Crush MACE and stir in (not too much, it should be definite but not overwhelming). Cover and simmer slowly until kidneys are firm but not hard, about 30 minutes.
Stir in as much of the Butter/Flour roux as needed for the thickness you desire. The whole amount gives the gravy consistency shown in the photo, use less for a stew to float dumplings in. Cook stirring until stew is thickened.
Season with PEPPER to taste and serve with the desired accompaniments.

NOTES:

Paprika: Use real Hungarian sweet paprika, infinitely superior to the flavorless red sawdust sold in the supers. Sweet paprika is always used for cooking, hot (well, they call it hot, anyway) as a table condiment.
Chilis: these would officially be hot yellow Hungarian or banana chilis, but other varieties work too. See our Chili Page for more information.
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