This is a tasty and hearty beef stroganoff with loads of flavour. A wonderful recipe, which is so simple to put together.

Equipment: Hart M8 Fry Pan & Hart 250 mm J7 Pot
Prep time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Serves: 4 people

Ingredients

750 g beef fillet
Salt and freshly ground
black pepper, to taste
50 g butter
1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
1 punnet mushrooms, thinly
sliced (250 g)
1 tbsp Dijon mustard (15 ml)
2 cups beef stock (500 ml)
3 tbsp sour cream or crème fraiche (45 ml)
2 tbsp sunflower oil (30 ml)
Squeeze of lemon (optional)
Fresh parsley, finely chopped,
to garnish

Method

1. Cut fillet into 1 cm thick slices; cut each slice into 1 cm wide strips.
2. Season with salt and pepper, and set aside.
3. In a large frying pan, heat butter and sauté onions for 5 minutes.
4. Add mushrooms and cook until soft.
5. Stir in mustard, coating onions and mushrooms thoroughly.
6. Add stock to pan, simmer gently until liquid has reduced by half.
7. Stir in sour cream and set pan aside for a few minutes.
8. In another large frying pan, heat oil and fry beef strips for 15 minutes until meat has browned on all sides; stir continuously.
9. Add onion mixture to beef and heat for 10 minutes.
10. Add salt and pepper to taste.
11. Sprinkle with parsley before serving with rice.