Beef Stroganoff #1
Ingredients Directions

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Russian
Keyword: beef stroganoff, best beef stroganoff
Servings: 4
Calories: 467kcal
Author: Julia Frey of Vikalinka

Ingredients
Ingredients
Qty. Meas. Descr.
1Tbspoil
1TbspButter
1Onion, thinly sliced
1/2Lbscrimini mushrooms/chestnut mushrooms sliced
1LbsBeef steak (sirloin) cut in strips.
1/4CBrandy
Salt
Pepper, freshly ground
1/2CBeef stock
1Bay leaf
1Tspwhole grain mustard
1Cfull fat creme fraiche or sour cream
3-4sprigsflat leaf parsley
Directions
Heat oil and butter in a heavy skillet and cook onions and mushrooms over medium-low heat for 7-10 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Add cut steak to the same skillet and quickly fry over high heat for 3-5 minutes.
Add brandy and continue cooking until alcohol burns off, add stock, mustard, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Scrape the bottom of the pan with a spatula to release all the brown bits, they will add much flavour to the sauce.
Bring mushrooms and onions back to the pan and cook for 3 minutes until everything is heated through and bubbling.
Stir in sour cream over low heat to prevent the sauce from splitting. Sprinkle parsley and take off the heat.
Serve with mounds of mashed potatoes or rice.
Notes
If the sour cream taste is too strong for you, replace a half of it with heavy cream.
Do not use low fat sour cream as it tends to produce a thin sauce and sometimes cause the sauce to split.