Steak and Pepper Sauce

There are lots of ways to cook steak. One of my favourites is with a rich creamy pepper sauce. Your can use black pepper or green pepper corns. This dish like the fetuccini alfredo is made even richer by the addition of brandy to the creamy sauce.
Steak is not hard to cook, again you have to decide on the way you like it. I am a blood thirsty carnivore and I love watching the blood oose out of the steak as i cut into it. You may not be! The thickness of your steak is important. The thicker the steak, the longer it will need to cook, and the lower the heat, otherwise the outside will be cooked to a crisp!

This is great served with french fries, or as used to call them "chips", before I became internationalised. I am sure you can follow the directions of the pack of french fries and cook them. (You do not need over fries to cook them in the oven though! Even old fashioned french fries, have enough oil on them to cook in the oven).


What you need:
Frying pan.
Steak - you choose. I often try to get a piece of tenderloin for this.
Salt
Pepper corns
Cream (100 ml, or 1/4 pint)
Garlic - chopped.
Brandy or sherry.
Oil


Cooking the steak: If you have never cooked steak before follow this, otherwise just cook it the way you like it and ignore this paragraph. To cook the steak, you need to have a good sharp knife. Fry it in the pan on a medium heat, turn it once every 2 minutes. After the first 4 minutes, cut into it with the knife and see how it is. Decide if this is the way you like it, if not cook for another 2 minutes and check again until you are happy. Once you have cooked steak a few times you can just tell.

Cooking the sauce: Use the same pan as the steak, let the steak sit on a warm plate. (Meat tastes better if left for a few minutes anyway) . DON'T Wash the pan - there is good flavour stuck to your pan. Turn up the heat, add the oil and chopped garlic. Cook for a minute, stirring. Add a tablespoon of brandy. Stir and cook. Add the pepper corn and stir and cook for 2 minutes. Add the cream and cook until the sauce bubbles. Turn down the heat to low and stir and cook for a further 2 minutes. Pour in the juices, from under the steaks and quickly stir in.

Serve with the sauce poured over the steak.