Beef With Mushrooms & Madeira Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
| Lean ground beef | 1 1/2 Pound | |
| 4 small beef fillet steaks each 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick | ||
| Butter/Margarine | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Salad oil | 1 Tablespoon | |
| 4 diagonal slices French bread each about 3/4 inch thick | ||
| Butter or margarine | ||
| Mushrooms | 1/2 pound, thinly sliced | |
| 1/2 cup Madeira; or1/2 cup regular-strength beef | ||
| Broth and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice | ||
| Whipping cream | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
If using ground beef, shape meat into 4 oval pat-ties, each about 1 inch thick.Melt the 1 tablespoon butter in oil in a wide frying pan over medium-high heat.
Add meat and cook, turning once, until well browned on both sides and done to your liking; cut to test 6 to 10 minutes for rare.
Meanwhile, toast bread and spread with butter; place a slice of toast on each of 4 dinner plates.Top each piece of toast with a beef patty or steak and keep warm.
Add mushrooms to pan and cook over high heat, stirring, until lightly browned; spoon over meat.
Add Madeira and cream to pan and boil, stirring often, until sauce is reduced by about half; pour sauce over meat and mushrooms.
Add meat and cook, turning once, until well browned on both sides and done to your liking; cut to test 6 to 10 minutes for rare.
Meanwhile, toast bread and spread with butter; place a slice of toast on each of 4 dinner plates.Top each piece of toast with a beef patty or steak and keep warm.
Add mushrooms to pan and cook over high heat, stirring, until lightly browned; spoon over meat.
Add Madeira and cream to pan and boil, stirring often, until sauce is reduced by about half; pour sauce over meat and mushrooms.
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