It feels like an absolute age since I posted in the Foodie Bee Hive and that's probably because it has been an absolute age since I posted in the Foodie Bee Hive. I reckon two months and counting and that's a Conservative guess too I reckon.
Well I'm back and juicy Beef striploin is on the menu, probably my favourite cut of beef. Nope, you can keep your fillet, a good striploin trumps it for me every day of the week!
Right then, let's get down to it, shall we?
Olive Oil
1 large onion
6 or 7 decent sized mushrooms
1/2 head of Brocolli
4 medium carrots
2 striploin beef steaks
8 to 10 medium potatoes
Oregano
Crushed black pepper
Chopped or crushed garlic
Peppercorn sauce
STEP 1: Peel and chop your potatoes. Put a large pot of boiling water on the boil, add your potatoes. We'll get back to them shortly, for now we just want to par boil them.
STEP 2: Next grab your carrots and peel them and top and tail them, then pop into a saucepan with boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes then add the chopped Brocolli. Also preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
STEP 3: Once the spuds hav3 been boiling away for around 7 minutes, take them out and pop them in a Colander to drain the water. Bash them around a bit in the Colander. Then transfer them to a baking tray and sprinkle on some oregano, Crushed black pepper and chopped or crushed garlic and baste it all onto the potatoes with a generous amount of olive oil.
STEP 4: Now chop your onion and mushrooms so that they're ready to go.
STEP 5: When it comes to cooking steaks, for me a griddle pan is essential, which allows you to get those nice lines on the beef like you see at restaurants. Put the griddle pan on a high heat and wait until it is very hot before adding the steaks.
STEP 6: My wife likes her beef cooked very well done and I like mine medium, so after giving mine 3 minutes on each side, I take it out and wrap in tin foil and leave it aside. Time to add the onions, and cook for around 4 minutes stirring continously.
STEP 7: Your vegetables should be cooked now, drain them and put a lid or plate on top of saucepan to keep them warm.
STEP 8: Your potatoes should be golden brown by now and ready to be removed aswell.
STEP 10: It's time now to make some pepper cream sauce. My directions were to add 3 heaped tea spoons with 125ml water and 125ml milk and bring to the boil, stirring continously.
STEP 11: We should be ready now to serve up, and maybe serve the peppercream in a little jug or vessle on the side.
STEP 12: Grab a nice bottle of red wine and a couple of glasses and enjoy with the meal. We didn't do that this time, as I am doing dry January, maybe next time, butbI had a nice bottle of red to photograph.
Bon appetite!!
You're done! Time to tuck in and enjoy the fruit of your labours! Grab a knife and fork and away you go.