I have been lucky enough to find very reasonably priced beef fillet (tenderloin) here in Mauritius (for the most part, meat is extremely expensive on this island) so this comfort meal doesn’t have to be a luxury, and on occasion, I replace the mustard powder with prepared whole grain mustard just for something a little different, and serve it with either creamy mashed potatoes and baby peas alternatively over ribbon noodles.
Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
1kg fillet cubed
20ml cake flour
2 onions peeled and sliced
1 punnet portabella mushrooms sliced
5ml sugar
5ml mustard powder
25ml port
Salt and pepper to taste
250ml cream
20ml fresh parsley chopped
Method
- Dust the meat in the flour and fry in batches until browned and cooked and set aside.
- Fry the onions and mushrooms until tender.
- Add the meat to the onions and mushrooms.
- Add the sugar, mustard, port, salt and pepper and mix through.
- Add the cream and heat through.
- Stir through parsley just before serving.
Submitted by: Mandy Frielinghaus, Mauritius
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Hello
Just some interesting trivia for those who like history behind food…
This classical Russian dish traditionally with beef, onions, mushrooms and cream had many forms and ways of cooking back in the 18th century in Europe. It was a very wealthy Russian family (the Stroganovs) who set up trade posts all across Europe, as far as the Netherlands. One of the family members raised to nobility and employed a french cook who might have given his master’s name to the now famous Beef dish which we all love. 😀
Thanks Louisa, nice to hear from you again. It’s always nice learning something new – makes for some interesting dinner table conversation.
Yum! I love Beef Stroganoff!!