La bistecca di Dianne
From vino4dino 15 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Eye fillet of beef sautéed with garlic and Worcestershire sauce and finished with brandy.
Ingredients
- 4 (about 280gm each) pieces of beef fillet, trimmed shopping list
- 2 tbsp olive oil shopping list
- 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped shopping list
- 125 ml (½ cup) brandy shopping list
- 125 ml (½ cup) worcestershire sauce shopping list
- 120 gm butter, coarsely chopped shopping list
- 125 ml (½ cup) pouring cream shopping list
- ¼ cup finely chopped parsley, to serve shopping list
- 150 gm green beans, trimmed shopping list
- 100 gm baby carrots, peeled shopping list
- 20 gm butter shopping list
- Creamed potatoes shopping list
- 4 (600gm) desiree potatoes, washed shopping list
- 40 gm butter shopping list
- 60 ml (¼ cup) pouring cream shopping list
How to make it
- 1 For creamed potatoes, place potatoes in a saucepan, cover with water, bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes or until very tender. Drain and peel, then return to pan and mash with a potato masher or pass through a potato ricer. Add butter and cream, stir to combine and season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- 2 Working with one steak at a time, place between two sheets of plastic wrap and, using the flat side of a meat mallet, gently pound until ½cm thick. Heat half the oil in a large heavy-based frying pan over medium heat. Cook 2 steaks at a time for 2 minutes or until browned, then turn, add half the garlic and cook for 1 minute or until garlic is softened. Add half the brandy (be careful as it may flame) and cook for 2 minutes or until reduced by half. Add half the Worcestershire sauce, half the butter and half the cream, then stir through half the chopped parsley. Repeat with remaining ingredient halves.
- 3 Meanwhile, place beans and carrots in a steamer or boil in salted water for 5 minutes until tender. Drain, toss with butter and season to taste.
- 4 Serve steak on top of creamed potatoes, scattered with chopped parsley, and with steamed vegetables passed separately.
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I haven't had this in a long time. wasn't it really popular like in the 70's and 80's?
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Wonderful. Absolutely.
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Wow!!!!!!!!! This sounds wonderful! Thanks so much for posting it, I've just got to try it soon!
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