Braised Steak With Buttery Mushrooms Recipes

BRAISED BEEF WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, brown meat in oil in batches. Remove and set aside., In the drippings, saute onion until tender. Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil. Return beef to the pan. Add the remaining ingredients. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until meat is tender.

BRAISED STEAK WITH BUTTERY MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, add beef and cook, turning until browned all over. Remove beef from pan and set aside, wipe pan clean add about a tablespoon more of oil, add onions and garlic and cooked until onions are soft.
• Add herbs, red wine, water and stock, stir, return beef to pan cook covered, turning beef once for two hours or until beef is tender.
• Discard herbs, strain liquid into sauce pan, keep onions to one side. Turn heat up to medium high, add extra wine, mix a little water to cornflour and pour into sauce. Stir until sauce boils and thickens.
• Buttery Mushrooms.
• I cut the mushrooms in different ways for presentation at the end. For example Button mushrooms-halved, Swiss brown quartered, Shitake-sliced, oyster-halved, chanterelles-chopped. So adjust for what you can buy at the time.
• Heat butter in a pan, add mushrooms, stir until tender, stir in herbs.
• To serve slice beef and place on serving platter with mushrooms and reserved onions.
• I made this just for 2 and I bought a half a kilo of beef we are quite piggy with steak. This recipe will serve 4-5 depending on appetites. I also bought beef fillet as it is not expensive where I live, so the photo does look different, as it is thinner round than rolled topside.

BRAISED STEAK AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Pound meat with a mallet to ½ inch thickness. Season with salt & pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a dutch oven, and brown steaks on each side (add more olive oil if needed). Remove and set aside.
• Add mushrooms, onions, and butter to hot dutch oven. Cook until tender, about 5 minutes then add the steaks back to the pan.
• Combine beef broth, thyme and Worcestershire sauce, and pour into pan. Cover and bake in oven for 2½-3 hours, or until fork-tender. Remove steaks from liquid and set aside.
• Make a slurry by combining cornstarch and water until smooth. Bring liquid to a boil and whisk cornstarch mixture in, a little bit at a time, until it reaches desired consistency.