Beef Stroganoff

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, halved, sliced length ways
• 250 g mushrooms, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 500 g steak, sliced into thin strips across the grain (sirloin, filet or rump)
• 4 teaspoons flour
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup red wine
• 1/4 cup beef stock
• 6 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 2 dill pickles, finely chopped (optional)
• 200 ml sour cream

Recipe

• 1 heat one tablespoon butter in a large frying pan and cook onion, mushrooms and garlic until softened-about 10 minutes.
• 2 remove from the pan.
• 3 toss the steak strips in flour which has been well seasoned with salt and pepper-i love heaps of pepper in this.
• 4 add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, heat and add the beef strips cooking quickly-about 2-3 minutes, until browned, but still a little pink inside.
• 5 remove the meat and deglaze the pan with the wine, stock and tomato paste.
• 6 add the paprika, mustard and pickles (these add a nice tart crunch to the sauce), then the sour cream. mix well, add the mushrooms and meat back to the sauce, heat gently for a couple of minutes stirring all the time.
• 7 good served over rice, buttered noodles or mash.