Brandy and peppercorn sauce is the perfect accompaniment to your steak dinner. This peppery, creamy sauce is great for pouring over a perfectly cooked rump steak and baked potatoes. This recipe serves 4 people and will take 15 mins to rustle up. It's a great sauce that really adds a kick of flavour to your favourite cut of meat. Once you've made this sauce from scratch, you'll never look at the packet or readymade option the same way again.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp green peppercorns
- 1 tsp coarse black pepper
- 100ml Brandy
- 400ml beef stock
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 dsp corn flour
- 200ml double cream
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Method
- Heat pan and melt butter in pan add green peppercorns and black pepper.
- Add the Brandy and heat through, then add beef stock sugar and salt.
- Mix corn flour with a little water and add to the pan. Heat until the sauce thickens then add the cream and cook until the sauce starts to simmer.
- Serve with dauphinoise potatoes, fresh watercress and rump steak.
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Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.
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