Beef strips with cognac and pepper sauce

Total: 25 min. | Active: 25 min.

Ingredients

for 4 person

Meat
  clarified butter
beef entrecôtes, cut into slices approx. 1 cm thick
½ tsp salt
onion, cut into thin slices
garlic clove, sliced
Sauce
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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