Special Occasions Recipes - Gaelic Steak Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 2

• 25 g/1 oz butter

• 2 tablespoons oil

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 2 fillet or sirloin steaks, trimmed of fat

• 50 ml/2 fl oz Irish whiskey

• 150 ml/1/4 pint double cream

• 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

• salt and pepper

• watercress sprigs, to garnish

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Method:

1. Heat the butter and oil in a frying pan and fry the onion until soft but not colored.

2. Scrape to the side of the pan, increase the heat and fry the steaks on both sides, until cooked as required. Remove the meat from the pan and keep warm.

3. Add the whiskey to the pan and set alight; when the flames have subsided, pour on the cream and mix with the onion and meat juices.

4. Bring to the boil, add salt and pepper to taste, add the parsley and pour the sauce over the meat. Serve immediately, garnished with watercress.