Hollandse Biefstuk. Image credit: Unsplash
This is a moderately easy meal to prepare at home, with rich flavours in the steak’s mushroom, brandy and butter sauce.
Hollandse Biefstuk. Image credit: Unsplash
This recipe for Hollandse Biefstuk is a variation of one taught to me by the late Jan Warmerdam, who set up the first steakhouse in Cape Town, South Africa.
Aptly named “The Cattleman”, this was the forerunner of what steakhouses were to become. The legendary Dutchman’s signature dish was a “Hollandse Biefstuk” (or Dutch beef steak).
Basically it is a pan-fried beef fillet with a mushroom, brandy and butter sauce.
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