1. Heat the oil gently in a wok or frying pan and add the onions. Cook slowly until very soft but not brown.
2. Add the mushrooms and cook until just done. Turn the heat up to evaporated any liquid.
3. Whilst the onions and mushrooms are cooking, mix gently together the crème fraiche, tomato puree and mustard.
4. When mushrooms are cooked, added the meat, turning the heat up to cook quickly. This will only take a couple of minutes.
5. Turn the heat down and gently stir in the crème fraiche mixture. Be careful not to boil otherwise it will curdle. Heat through and serve with plain boiled rice or tagliatelle.
Tips
Don't over cook or try to keep warm, cook it, serve it, eat it!
So glad you found it as easy and yummy as it really is! I tend to use chicken or pork if cooking for family but use fillet steak if cooking for a dinner party as you did. Try some more of mine - lots of quick ones!
I found this recipe yesterday when I had to put a little dinner party together in a big hurry. I am a rubbish cook so wanted something simple that I couldn't get wrong. This stroganoff went down a storm. The two keys to success were: 1) buying really nice beef fillet. It melted in the mouth! and 2) Chopping and getting all of the ingredients ready in advance then doing the actual cooking (which only takes 5-10 mins) once everyone has arrived so that you can serve it immediately.
I found this recipe in a Russian text book when I was learning Russian - I was 12 at the time! That was 40 years ago and I still use it, I have not found one to better it!
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So glad you found it as easy and yummy as it really is! I tend to use chicken or pork if cooking for family but use fillet steak if cooking for a dinner party as you did. Try some more of mine - lots of quick ones!
by Jail Bird! on Fri Dec 4 2009 reply to this comment
I found this recipe yesterday when I had to put a little dinner party together in a big hurry. I am a rubbish cook so wanted something simple that I couldn't get wrong. This stroganoff went down a storm. The two keys to success were: 1) buying really nice beef fillet. It melted in the mouth! and 2) Chopping and getting all of the ingredients ready in advance then doing the actual cooking (which only takes 5-10 mins) once everyone has arrived so that you can serve it immediately.
Enjoy! :)
by tomnixon on Fri Dec 4 2009 reply to this comment