Does anyone have Annabel Langbein's Beef steak and

Double Mushroom sauce recipe?

Its our wedding anniversary this week and it sounded like qa nice one to surprise hubby with

yes - i do.

6 aged beef steaks such as sirloin about 4cm thick
Salt and ground black pepper
6 tsp butter
12 sliced dried mushrooms such as porcini or shiitake
½ c port, red wine or water
500g fresh field or portabello mushrooms sliced
2 fat cloves of garlic thinly sliced
2 cups good quality beef stock
1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water

Season stakes with salt and pepper and tie a piece of string firmly around the circumference of each on so they hold their shape while cooking. Spread a tsp of butter on one side of each steak. Heat a frypan over a high heat and when it is very hot, cook each steak, butter side down for 1 minute. Turn and cook the other side for a minute more. You want to just brown them.

Remove steaks from pan and transfer to an oven tray lined with baking paper. They can be prepared to this point up to a day ahead.

Place the dried mushrooms in a bowl pour in the port, red wine or water and leave to soak for at least 15 mins.

When you are ready to eat, preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius and remove the steaks from the fridge to bring them back to room temperature. Add the sliced fresh mushrooms to the frypan in which the steaks were cooked. Sauté stirring often until they are lightly browned and the pan is dry - about 5-10 mins.

Add garlic to the pan and cook for a few seconds. Add soaked dried mushrooms plus their soaking liquid and the stock. Season with salt and pepper and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the cornflour paste to thicken the sauce and simmer for another 1-2 minutes.

When sauce is almost finished put the stakes in the preheated oven and roast for 5-7 minutes or until done to your liking. Allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving with a little hot mushroom sauce spooned over each. Place remaining sauce in a jug on the table.

Double Mushroom sauce recipe!

Its our wedding anniversary this week and it sounded like qa nice one to surprise hubby with

Thank you thank you thank you kabbo!