Steak and kidney pudding is a savoury pudding made by enclosing diced steak and beef, and lamb's or pig's kidney pieces in gravy in a suet pastry.The first recipe for steak and kidney pudding to appear in print came from Sussex, in a book by Mrs Beeton published by Ward, Lock and Tyler in 1861. Though the dish is far older than published recipes of the 19th century.Suet pastry is used to line a bowl into which the steak and kidney mix is placed with onions, stock etc.