Name: Roast sirloin with brandy and mushroom sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Beef
Ingredients: 2 kg beef sirloin roast; 5 garlic cloves, crushed; 30 ml fresh chillies 573; fresh thyme sprigs; 425 ml stock beef; 25 ml butter; 1/2 onion finely chopped; 45 ml flour; 250 g mushrooms; mushrooms mixed, sliced; 30 ml brandy; 3 ml dried thyme; 50 ml cream

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Ingredients (13)

2 kg	beef — sirloin roast
5	garlic — cloves, crushed
30 ml	fresh chillies — 573
	fresh thyme — sprigs

MUSHROOM SAUCE:

425 ml	stock — beef
25 ml	butter
1/2	onion — finely chopped
45 ml	flour
250 g	mushrooms
	mushrooms — mixed, sliced
30 ml	brandy
3 ml	dried thyme
50 ml	cream

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Method:

Mix the garlic, 10ml salt flakes, 5ml ground black pepper and the olive oil together to form a paste. Spread over the roast.

Put the roast on a roasting rack in a roasting pan. Add the sprigs of thyme. Roast in a preheated oven for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 140°C and continue to roast for 1¹/₂ hours for medium, or until done to your liking. Use a meat thermometer to test (60°C for medium rare; 70°C for medium).

Remove from the oven and set aside to rest.

Mushroom Sauce Spoon the fat from the meat juices in the pan and discard. Pour the meat juices into a measuring jug and then add enough stock to make it up to 500ml.

Heat the butter in a saucepan and sauté the onion and mushrooms until soft. Sprinkle with the flour and stir in. Add the stock gradually, stirring to prevent lumps.

Add the brandy, 2-5ml ground black pepper and the thyme, and simmer while stirring until the sauce thickens. Add the cream and season to taste. Remove from the heat.

Slice the beef as thinly as possible. Serve with the mushroom sauce.

GOOD IDEA Pre-roast the beef in the morning. Cook for one hour then remove from the oven and refrigerate. Prepare the sauce. Bring the meat to room temperature and then 45 minutes before ready to serve, pop the beef back into the oven for half an hour. Leave the meat to rest for 10 minutes before carving and serving. Reheat the sauce just before serving.

Text and image: Ideas magazine

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