Pepper Steak
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 2:20am

Ingredients




4 beef, sirloin steaks
tablespoon black pepper, cracked
60 grams butter
1 onions, medium
cup beef stock
cup brandy
cup cream
1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
tablespoon salt

Preparation

1 Sprinkle both sides of steaks with 1/2 the peppercorns. Press pepper into steaks and form into a neat round shape. 2 Heat 1/2 the butter in a pan and cook steaks to required degree of doneness. Remove from pan and keep warm. 3 To make the sauce:Dice onions. 4 Add remaining butter, onions and remaining peppercorns to the same pan and gently cook for 1 minute, then add brandy and flame. Reduce by half, add beef stock and cream and reduce until a sauce consistency is obtained. 5 Note:You can thicken this sauce slighty with cornflour if desired. 6 Return steaks to pan for 1 minute to heat through, season, and finish with chopped parsley. 7 * Serve with Potato Casserole and fresh green salad. 8 You can use fillet, T-bone, rump or scotch fillet for this recipe.