Peppered steak with creamy mushroom sauce

Ingredients (serves 4)

• 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
• 4 scotch fillet steaks, trimmed
• 1 tbs margarine or butter
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 200g button mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 11/2 tsp Worchestershire sauce
• 1/3 cup thickened cream
• mashed potato and baby spinach, to serve

Method

1. Rub both sides of the steaks with cracked black pepper and season with salt or just marinate for 10mins with Worchestershire sauce or Light Soy Sauce. Heat 1/2 tbs margarine or butter in a heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook steaks for 2 to 3 minutes each side for medium or until cooked to your liking. Transfer to a plate. Cover with foil.
2. Add remaining 1/2tbs butter, garlic, mushrooms to the same pan. Cook, stirring often, for 4 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Add cream. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 1 minute or until sauce begins to thicken.
3. Spoon mashed potato onto plates. Top with steak and spoon over mushroom sauce. Serve with spinach.