Onion gratin with pepper steak

AUTHOR
Louis Ramirez
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
70 mins
TOTAL TIME
70 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Flour
  • 200 ml Vegetable broth
  • 200 ml Milk
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 150 g Comté cheese
  • 600 g Onions
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS black peppercorns
  • 4 Beef fillet steaks (approx. 180 g each)
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Sunflower oil
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Cognac
  • 7-10 Tbsp Thyme
  • 7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil

Directions

  1. 1

    For the onion gratin, melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour and sweat briefly. Add stock and milk while stirring. Bring to the boil, let it boil for about 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper. Grate cheese and melt in the sauce. Peel onions and cut into slices, except for 1. Mix sauce and onions and put into small casseroles. Cook in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 1 hour

  2. 2

    Coarsely grind the pepper and sieve it in a fine sieve. Dab the meat dry, season with salt and turn in the ground pepper. Heat the oil in a pan. Fry the steaks for about 7 minutes while turning. Finely dice the remaining onion. Remove the steaks from the pan, wrap them in aluminium foil and let them rest

  3. 3

    Sauté the diced onions in the frying fat until translucent. Deglaze with cognac. Add 2 tbsp. cold butter in small flakes to the pan while stirring. Arrange sauce, steaks and gratin and garnish with thyme

  4. 4

    Preparation time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
620 kcal
CARBS
16 g
FATS
34 g
PROTEINS
53 g