Peppered Steak Fillets With Creamy Bourbo Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 beef steak fillets (I am guessing mine were about 250g a piece so whatever weight you prefer, just note that cooking tim)
• 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
• olive oil
• 6 shallots, sliced thinly
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 80 ml bourbon
• 60 ml water
• 2 1/2 teaspoons beef stock granules (depending on brand you use)
• 3 teaspoons French mustard (not quite as strong as a Dijon)
• 300 ml cream
• 1-2 teaspoon cornflour (depending on how thick you like your sauce)

Directions

1. 1

   Rub beef all over with pepper.

2. 2

   Heat some olive oil in a pan, sear beef a couple of minutes on each side, cook for a further 5 Min's a side. If cooking an average size steak this will be a medium rare-medium. Cook less for thinner steaks. If your steaks are really thick like mine I cooked in the oven an additional 15 Min's for medium rare. Just judge cooking time according to your personal taste and how you like your meat done.

3. 3

   Sauce.

4. 4

   Heat a little more olive oil in a pan and cook shallots and garlic, stirring, until shallots soften.

5. 5

   Add bourbon, stir, add water, stock, mustard, cream, bring to the boil. Reduce heat, mix a little water with the cornflour and add to sauce, stir until mixture thickens, serve sauce over steak.