Meat mains
Fillet steak with shiitake mushrooms in red wine
This meal of succulent steak and mushrooms takes under 15 minutes to make and is a huge treat. Lightly steamed green beans or creamed spinach are a very good side with it.
Ingredients
- 2 fillet steaks
- oil for frying, e.g. vegetable
- 200g shiitake mushrooms, cleaned but left whole
- leaves from a sprig of thyme
- 1 tbsp port (optional)
- 6 tbsp red wine
- 40g butter
- salt and pepper
Method
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Step 1
Lightly oil the steaks and season on both sides. Heat a heavy based pan until very hot, add the steaks and seal on both sides. For medium to medium-rare steaks you want to cook them for about 3 minutes each side, depending on their thickness. Adjust the time a couple of minutes either way for rare or well done.
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Step 2
Remove the steaks from the pan to a plate and leave them to rest.
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Step 3
Add a little more oil to the pan if needed and add the mushrooms, and cook for one minute only. Add the thyme leaves, port if using, and red wine.
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Step 4
Cook until the liquid is reduced by about half, then add the butter. Serve the mushrooms over the steaks.
