- 1000g potatoes
- 6 carrots
- 200g wild mushrooms
- 4 garlic cloves
- A handful of thyme, leaves only
- 4 shallots
- 4 top rump minute steaks
- 454ml double cream
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Baking tray
- Frying pan
- 1.
Preheat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Scrub the potatoes and carrots and then slice them into chips about as big as your little finger. Spread them out on a baking tray, drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Slide into the oven and roast for 30 mins till tender and golden.
- 2.
While the veg roast, rinse the wild mushrooms to get rid of any dirt. Shake the mushrooms dry and chop into bite-sized pieces. Peel the garlic cloves and finely chop them. Pick the thyme leaves off their sprigs (if the sprigs are woody you can push them through a fine mesh sieve – the leaves will collect in the sieves). Peel the shallots and thinly slice them.
- 3.
When the veg have around 15 mins left to cook, put a frying pan on a high heat to warm up. You want it to be smoking hot. Rub 1 tbsp oil and some salt and pepper into the minute steaks.
- 4.
Add the steaks to the really hot pan and fry them for 30 secs-2 mins on each side, depending on how well done you like your steak, then transfer to a warm plate or board. Loosely cover with foil and leave to rest for 5 mins.
- 5.
Reduce the heat under the empty frying pan to medium-low. Add the wild mushrooms, shallots and thyme. Fry for 4-5 mins, till golden. Stir in the chopped garlic and double cream. Let it bubble up and warm through, stirring, for 2 mins.
- 6.
Taste the sauce and add a pinch of salt or pepper if you think it needs it. Take the pan off the heat.
- 7.
Arrange the steaks and the carrot and potato chips on 2 warm plates. Top with the creamy wild mushroom sauce and serve.