Pepper steak

COOK TIME
20 mins

TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Cut butter into pieces and chill. Wash the fillet, dab dry. Remove skin, tendons and fat from the fillet. Cut fillet into 4 steaks (each approx. 5 cm thick). If necessary, press the steaks a little flat. Coarsely crush the peppercorns in a mortar. Sprinkle the crushed peppercorns on both sides of the fillet steaks and press them down slightly. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Fry the steaks on each side for 510 minutes, depending on how well they are done.

2. 2

   - inside raw and bloody: about 4 minutes from each side

3. 3

   - inside pink: approx. 5 minutes from each side

4. 4

   - fried inside: about 6 minutes from each side

5. 5

   Season steaks with salt

6. 6

   Take the steaks out, wrap them in aluminium foil and let them rest for about 5 minutes. Deglaze the meat with cognac and bring to the boil. Add stock, bring to the boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add butter in pieces and melt while stirring constantly. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Arrange steaks with sauce and garnish with pepper pancakes

7. 7

   Fry the steaks and leave them in the pan. Deglaze with cognac, bring to the boil and light with a long match (=flame) and burn off. Arrange steaks and sauce. Garnish with pepper pancakes