Braised Beef Fillet With Mashed Potato Balls

Ingredients

• 1 whole beef fillet
• Good brown sauce
• 1 pint beef stock
• Carrots, neatly shaped
• Turnips, neatly shaped
• Potatoes, mashed and fried into balls
• Brussels sprouts
• Onions
• Cream or milk
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. 1 Trim the beef fillet and place it in a braising pan with brown sauce and stock. Cook very slowly until tender.
2. 2 Add shaped carrots and turnips to the pan during the last stage of cooking. Fry mashed potato balls separately until golden.
3. 3 For the purees, cook Brussels sprouts and onions separately in water until soft. Chop fine, rub through a sieve, and mix with cream or milk, salt, and pepper. Keep warm.
4. 4 Transfer the beef to a serving dish. Arrange carrots, turnips, and potato balls around it. Pour the remaining pan sauce over the meat.
5. 5 Serve with heaps of the warm onion and Brussels sprout purees on the side.