Beef strips with cognac and pepper sauce
Ingredients
for 4 person
clarified butter | |
2 | beef entrecôtes, cut into slices approx. 1 cm thick |
½ tsp | salt |
1 | onion, cut into thin slices |
1 | garlic clove, sliced |
1 ½ dl | beef bouillon |
200 g | crème fraîche |
2 tbsp | cognac |
¼ tsp | salt |
½ tsp | peppercorn, crushed |
How it's done
Meat
Heat the clarified butter in a non-stick frying pan. Fry the meat in batches for approx. 2 mins. on each side, remove, season with salt. Reduce the heat, sauté the onion and garlic in the same pan for approx. 5 mins.
Sauce
Pour the stock into the same pan, loosen any bits that have stuck to the bottom of the pan, reduce to half the amount. Add the crème fraîche, simmer for approx. 5 mins., stirring occasionally. Add the cognac, season. Return the meat to the pan and heat gently.
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