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Pepper steaks with mushroom sauce and creamy mash

Serving size: Serves 6
Cuisine type: Modern Australian
Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes
Course: Lunch, Main
Favourite flavours: Beef

Pepper steaks with mushroom sauce and creamy mash
INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons drained green peppercorns
in brine, rinsed, crushed
2 teaspoons cracked black peppercorns
6 x 150g beef scotch fillet or eye fillet steaks
2 teaspoons olive oil
40g butter
400g Swiss brown mushrooms, sliced thinly
½ cup (125ml) brandy
1½ cups (375ml) beef stock
300ml cream
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh
flat-leaf parsley

creamy mash
1kg sebago potatoes, chopped coarsely
½ cup (125ml) hot milk
50g butter, chopped coarsely
METHOD

Creamy mash
Boil, steam or microwave potato until tender; drain. Mash in a large bowl with milk and butter. Cover to keep warm.

Combine the peppercorns in a small bowl; press all over the beef. Heat the oil in a large frying pan; cook the beef until cooked as desired. Cover to keep warm.

Melt butter in the same pan. Cook mushrooms, stirring, until tender. Add brandy; bring to the boil. Cook, stirring, until liquid has reduced slightly. Stir in stock and cream; cook, stirring, until sauce thickens slightly; stir in parsley.

Spoon sauce over beef. Serve with Creamy Mash and steamed sugar
snap peas, if desired.

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