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Brandied fillet of beef with mushroom sauce

Name: Brandied fillet of beef with mushroom sauce
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 fillet Beef, 1kg (Main); ¼ cup Butter, melted; 3 Tbsp Brandy; 1 tsp Salt & freshly ground pepper, each; 1 cup Button mushrooms, quartered; 3 tsp Worcestershire sauce, none; ½ tsp Mustard, none; 1 Tbsp Brandy, none

for 4 people

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By Marie Walter

Easy to prepare, quick to cook and delicious to eat!
If any leftovers, makes for yummy sandwiches later.

Ingredients

1 fillet	Beef, 1kg (Main)
¼ cup	Butter, melted
3 Tbsp	Brandy
1 tsp	Salt & freshly ground pepper, each
1 cup	Button mushrooms, quartered

Sauce

3 tsp	Worcestershire sauce, none
½ tsp	Mustard, none
1 Tbsp	Brandy, none

Directions

Mix brandy into melted butter. Smear liberally over fillet. Wrap in foil/gladwrap and refrigerate until required, removing from fridge 1-2 hours prior.
Heat oven to 200C Oil skillet/pan, place unwrapped fillet in pan and surround with mushrooms. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from pan, cover with foil and 2 tea towels 20-30 mins. Reserve mushrooms for sauce.
Meanwhile make sauce by draining juices from pan into saucepan. Add remaining sauce ingredients, bring to boil, add mushrooms. Serve thickly sliced fillet with a lashing of sauce. Seasonal vegetables/green salad and scalloped or roast potatoes ideal accompaniments.