Mushroom Cream Sauce with Biltong

This sauce is fantastic poured over a grilled steak or tossed into some pasta as a sauce.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
400g assorted mushrooms, thinly sliced
150ml beef stock
200ml fresh cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
100g sliced biltong, roughly chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley (optional)

Method:

• Melt the butter in a deep frying pan on a medium heat and cook the chopped onion until soft. 
• Add the garlic and fry for 1 minute.
• Increase the heat to high and add the sliced mushrooms. Fry the mushrooms until soft.
• Lower the heat of the pan to medium and add the beef stock. Reduce the stock by half.
• Finally pour in the cream and stir in the mustard. Allow the sauce to simmer for 10 minutes until the cream reduces and the sauce thickens.
• Season well with salt and pepper and the chopped biltong.
• Stir in a little chopped parsley if you would like.