Pepper Sauce / Gravy

[Roy Jing]

I need help in making a tasty pepper sauce or gravy that goes with steak. I am assuming that there would be lots on the internet but I would prefer something that is tried and tested by some of you TV foodies, so if anyone can give me their secret recipe it would be much appreciated.

Roy

[leisurely]

Chop an onion finely and cook it over a gentle heat until done, add 4-8 tablespoons of crushed peppercorns and stir them around. Then you can either sling in some brandy, red wine or stock and reduce it. It is up to you if you add cream or not - depends on how virtuous you are feeling.

An alternative is a jar of (?chinese) pepper sauce. You can put a tablespoon of that into a frying pan and then add fluid and cream to taste. The ready made stuff is pretty good and saves fannying around when you are busy. The jar is about 12cm tall and has a red lid I think.

I can feel pepper steak coming on for tea

[Roy Jing]

Chop an onion finely and cook it over a gentle heat until done, add 4-8 tablespoons of crushed peppercorns and stir them around. Then you can either sling in some brandy, red wine or stock and reduce it. It is up to you if you add cream or not - depends on how virtuous you are feeling.

An alternative is a jar of (?chinese) pepper sauce. You can put a tablespoon of that into a frying pan and then add fluid and cream to taste. The ready made stuff is pretty good and saves fannying around when you are busy. The jar is about 12cm tall and has a red lid I think.

I can feel pepper steak coming on for tea

Thanks leisurely. That'll be going on my scotch fillet tonight and there will be no holding back on the cream.

Roy

[sceadugenga]

For something a bit different try fresh green peppercorns from the produce market, they're not as hot as dried pepper but you can grind them to paste than make your sauce like leisurely says.

My wife insists they're good for...... yeah well, one of the things wives with older husbands worry about..... not that the mighty sceadugenga has any problems in that department!!!

[steve w]

cook steak till done to your taste ,coat in cracked black pepper ,flash fry quickly 20 seconds each side,plonk in a big slurp of brandy and flambe.

add a half a cup of cream ,leave for 2 minutes to caramelise down and bingo the perfect pepper steak that i have been selling in my restaurant for 24 years.........enjoy!

[Roy Jing]

Leisurely - We've just finished our dinner using you recipe for the pepper gravy. Very nice indeed. Even our 2 teenage kids gave it the nod of approval. Thanks again.

Sceadugenga - Yeah, I like the green pepper corns also. Guess I'm a bit different as I'm the young husband with the older wife and don't really need any help with the pepper corns as mentioned by your wife. Ha ha

Steve W - Thanks for your recipe. I'll definately be trying it next time. If I wasn't so full at the moment I'd be back in the kitchen right now. Sounds good.

Roy

[sceadugenga]

cook steak till done to your taste ,coat in cracked black pepper ,flash fry quickly 20 seconds each side,plonk in a big slurp of brandy and flambe.

add a half a cup of cream ,leave for 2 minutes to caramelise down and bingo the perfect pepper steak that I have been selling in my restaurant for 24 years.........enjoy!

Steve, that sounds magnificent, never thought of putting the pepper on after the steak is nearly cooked. Trouble is I like my steak rare, (knock it's horns off, wipe it's bum and put it on the plate), so the extra two minutes might take it past that point.

And... cream is hard to get here, only Danish long life at Big C.

[steve w]

really needs proper double cream.