BEEF WITH PHYSALIS

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INGREDIENTS: METHOD:
  • 375g/13oz Button Onions, peeled
  • 3 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1kg/2lb Beef Fillet
  • Salt and Black Pepper
  • 75g/3oz Physalis
  • 210ml/7fl.oz. Sweet White Wine
  • Preheat oven to 220C, 425F, Gas mark 7. Place the onions in a roasting tin, add 1 tbsp of the oil and toss to coat. Roast for 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, rub the meat with 1 tbsp of oil and season well.
  • Preheat a frying pan or griddle, add the beef and brown on all sides over a high heat for about 5 minutes. Transfer the beef to the roasting tin and roast with the onions for 15 minutes.
  • Toss the physalis fruit in the remaining oil. Add to the meat and roast for a further 10 minutes. Transfer the beef, onions and physalis to a warm serving dish and leave to rest in a warm place for about 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, add the wine to the roasting tin, stirring to deglaze and bubble over a high heat for about 1 minute. Pour any meat juices that have collected in the serving dish into the roasting tin and heat through.
  • Carve the beef into medium thick slices. Serve with the physalis fruit and roast onions drizzled with the meat juices.