Easy Steak and Mushroom Dish
c. 1980s · handwritten
15 min prep · 45 min cook
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beefsteakmushroomsfillet
Ingredients
- 1.beef fillet, whole fillet; seasoned
- 2.cooking fat or oil, a little; for roasting and frying
- 3.454 gram fresh mushrooms, soaked and sliced
- 4.1 onion, large; sliced
- 5.boiling water, a little; added while frying mushrooms and onion
Method
- 1.Season a fillet of beef. Place on roasting pan. Place a little fat on top. Roast at 325°F (165°C) for 20–25 minutes per pound. Meat should be medium rare.
- 2.In the meantime, soak and slice one pound fresh mushrooms. Slice one large onion.
- 3.Fry mushroom and onion in a little fat, slowly adding a little boiling water until done. Season well.
- 4.Slice cooked fillet in fairly thick slices. Make a thick gravy from pan juices in which the meat cooked.
- 5.Add the gravy to the drained mushrooms and onion mixture. Place fillet slices in dish, pour over mushroom gravy and heat in oven.
Notes
- Handwritten recipe. Appears on the same page as Family Curry (Chops).
- No formal ingredient list — all ingredients embedded in method text.
- A roast fillet dish served sliced with a mushroom-onion gravy.