Entertain at home: Truffle mushroom steak
A steak doesn’t always need an actual sauce. This luxurious combo of truffle oil and pan-fried large brown mushrooms on a perfectly cooked steak are the stuff dreams are made of.
Serves 2 – adjust accordingly for more people
You’ll need: 600g aged steak of your choice, boneless; olive oil, for drizzling; salt and pepper; 60g butter; a few large brown mushrooms, sliced; 4 sprigs thyme, woody stalks discarded; a few drops of truffle oil (or truffle flavoured oil).
How to:
Drizzle the steaks with oil and season with salt and pepper. Braai over hot coals or grill in a piping hot griddle pan, until cooked to your liking (3 ½ minutes a side for a 3cm thick steak, for medium-rare). Remove and leave to rest while you prepare the mushrooms.
Heat the butter over high heat in a pan, then fry the mushrooms with the thyme until golden brown on all sides. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat, then add a few drops of truffle oil and stir to mix.
Top the rested steaks with the hot truffle mushrooms and serve at once with your favourite braai sides.
* Recipe & image by The South African Mushroom Farmers’ Association.
