Beef stroganoff

Beef Stroganoff or Beef Stroganov is a Russian dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream. The commonly accepted history of Beef Stroganoff is that a French chef named Charles Briere who worked for a wealthy St. Petersburg family created the dish for a cooking contest in 1891. It is possible that the enterprising chef simply attached his recipe to a name synonymous with wealth and aristocracy. Briere’s dish perfectly expressed the French-Russian culture of the aristocracy. Browning the meat to make a pan sauce and flavouring it with mustard was classically French, while beef in sour cream had long been a Russian favourite.   

Ingredients 

1 kg tenderloin beef

1 medium to large onion

Fresh button mushrooms

1 green bell pepper

3 tbsp sour cream

1 tbsp plain flour

Thinly slice the beef

Season the beef with salt and pepper

Thinly slice the bell pepper

Finely chop the onion

Slice the button mushrooms

Heat up a little oil and butter in the pan on medium heat

Fry the beef until slightly brown (about 1 min). Remove the meat and set aside

Put in the mushrooms which will produce a lot of liquid 

Fry until the liquid is almost dry then remove and set aside

Add a little more butter

Put in the onions and fry until onions are soft

Put in the pepper and fry until soft

Put in the fried beef and mushrooms

Mix well and sprinkle the mixture with 1 tablespoon flour

Add some water and mix thoroughly and then add the sour cream. Add more seasoning if needed

Serve with rice or pasta