Beef Stroganoff

Beef  Stroganoff     10 Portions:

Ingredients:

2 pounds of top sirloin roast, trimmed

1 tea spoon of garlic paste

3 tablespoons butter or margarine

1/4th cup of olive oil

1/2 cup of all-purpose flour

1 cup beef stock/broth

 2 medium onion, quartered and sliced

1/4 cup of pearl onion

3-4 bay leaves

1/3 cup of mushrooms, sauteed

3 tablespoons sour cream, room temperature

Salt-pepper

10 cups of noodles/rice, cooked

Method:

First, cut the beef into narrow 2-inch long strips about 1/2-inch thick. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Melt 1 tea spoon of butter in a medium saucepan. Add the garlic, and cook it till for 1 min, on a low heat. Blend in flour. Then, gradually stir in beef broth, stirring and cooking until thickened and smooth. Heat the remaining butter and the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Then, quickly brown meat strips and onion on all sides. Add meat, bay leaves, mushrooms and the onions to beef sauce. Cover and cook on low for about 10-12 min. stir in sour cream and heat through but do not boil though. Serve over buttered noodles or rice.

NB:  If you want you can replace beef with either chicken, tofu or veal!