Top Sirloin With Green Peppercorn And Mustard Sauce Recipes

PEPPERCORN STEAK

Steps:

• Season both sides of the steak with salt. Press peppercorns onto both sides of the steak to form a crust.
• Heat oil in a skillet over high heat. Add steak and cook for 4 minutes on each side. Remove steak and let it rest. Discard oil from the skillet.
• Return skillet to heat and add shallot. Cook and stir shallot for 1 minute. Pour in brandy. Reduce heat slightly; add stock and heavy cream. Cook until liquid has reduced to a creamy consistency, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt. Serve steak with the sauce.

PORCINI-BUTTERED ROAST BEEF SIRLOIN WITH PICKLED PEPPERCORN SAUCE

Steps:

• The night before, prepare the peppercorns for the sauce. Put the green peppercorns and vinegar in a small bowl, cover and leave at room temperature overnight.
• The next day, pat the beef dry with kitchen paper, cover loosely, and leave for 1 hr at room temperature - this helps to ensure perfectly cooked meat later. Put the dried porcini mushrooms and black peppercorns in a small blender or spice grinder, and blitz to a powder. Mash with the butter and set aside.
• Heat the oven to 230C/210C fan/gas 8. Season the sirloin all over with the sea salt. Heat the oil in a flameproof roasting tin or large frying pan over a high heat, and sear the beef, fat-side down, for 5-8 mins until some of the fat has rendered out and turned golden brown, then holding the beef with tongs, sear it on all sides for 2-3 mins until browned all over. Sit the browned beef in the roasting tin fat-side up and spoon out most of the fat (if you have rendered it in the tin). Spoon 2 tbsp of the rendered fat over the beef and reserve any leftover fat for making yorkshires. Arrange the shallots around the beef, turning to coat them in the fat.
• Roast for 20 mins, then dot the porcini butter all over the beef and reduce the heat to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Roast for another 40-50 mins for rare to medium-rare, or 1 hr for medium-well. If you have a meat thermometer, it should read 55C for medium-rare, or 65C for well done. Baste the meat in the butter from the tin, then transfer to a warm platter or board with the shallots. Cover and leave to rest for 20 mins.
• To make the sauce, discard all but 4 tbsp fat from the tin and set the tin over a low heat (or transfer to a pan), and fry the chopped shallots for 6-8 mins until softened and translucent. Strain the pickled peppercorns, reserving the vinegar, and add to the pan along with the stock. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 mins until reduced by about half, then whisk in the cream. Taste for seasoning, and add the reserved vinegar, 1 tsp at a time, to balance the acidity and creaminess (we used about 5 tsp). Simmer for another 5-6 mins until the sauce has thickened. Pour into a jug. Carve the beef and serve with the roasted shallots and sauce.

BEEF SIRLOIN STEAKS WITH FRESH HERBS (COTES DE BOEUF AUX HERBES)

Steps:

• In a cast-iron frying pan over high heat, melt the butter with the olive oil until the mixture turns a light brown.
• Add the steaks and sear well, about 1 minute.
• Turn, sprinkle with sea salt, and brown on the second side for 1 minute more.
• Turn again, reduce the heat slightly, and cook, turning once, for about 6 minutes on each side for rare, or until done to your liking.
• Transfer to a platter, tent with aluminum foil, and let rest for 5 to 8 minutes before carving.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter.
• Add the shallots and saute until softened but not colored, about 30 seconds.
• Add the stock, bring to a boil and cook until reduced by half.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the mustard, the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter, and the herbs.
• Stir in any juice that has collected on the platter holding the beef.
• Season with salt and pepper; pour into a warmed bowl.
• Transfer the steaks to an attractive cutting board and sprinkle them with pepper, then carry the board to the table.
• Cut along the bone to free the meat then carve in slices diagonally across the grain. Pass the sauce at the table.

GREEN PEPPERCORN SAUCE

Steps:

• Add olive oil to pan after removing beef. Add shallots, garlic, and thyme; saute for 1 to 2 minutes, then, off heat, add brandy and flambe using a long kitchen match. After flame dies down, return to the heat, add stock and reduce by about half. Strain out solids, then add 2 cups cream and mustard. Reduce by half again, then shut off heat and add green peppercorns.