Eye fillet with mushroom sauce and roasted winter veg
<p>This warm and delicious will be a hearty meal the whole family will enjoy.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients: </span></strong></p>
<p><em>For the roasted winter vegetables </em></p>
<ul>
<li>1 carrot, peeled, cut in half lengthways and sliced 1cm on an angle</li>
<li>1 parsnip, peeled, cut in half lengthways and sliced 1cm on angle</li>
<li>400g orange kumara, scrubbed and diced 1.5cm</li>
<li>½ red onion, sliced 0.5cm</li>
<li>2 teaspoons runny honey or maple syrup</li>
<li>1–2 handfuls baby kale leaves (or use baby spinach)</li>
</ul>
<p><em>For the eye fillet with mushroom sauce </em></p>
<ul>
<li>300g beef eye fillet steaks (at room temperature)</li>
<li>3 tablespoons white wine or Marsala</li>
<li>½ red onion, finely diced</li>
<li>125g white button mushrooms, thinly sliced</li>
<li>1 teaspoon soy sauce</li>
<li>½ cup sour cream</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method: </span></strong></p>
<p>1. Preheat oven to 220C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Toss all vegetables (except baby kale) with honey/maple syrup and a drizzle of olive oil on prepared tray. Season with salt and pepper. Roast for 20–25 minutes, or until vegetables are starting to caramelise. Toss halfway to ensure even cooking.</p>
<p>2. When vegetables have 10 minutes' cook time remaining, heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook eye fillet for 3 minutes each side. In the final 3 minutes of vegetable cook time, move the vegetables to one side and add beef to tray. Continue to cook for a further 3 minutes.</p>
<p>3. Remove tray from oven and cover beef until ready to serve. Sprinkle kale over vegetables and toss to wilt.</p>
<p>4. Return same pan to medium heat (do not clean). Add wine/Marsala to pan, let it bubble and use a wooden spoon to rub bottom of pan to release any pan brownings. Cook until liquid has almost evaporated.</p>
<p>5. Add a drizzle of olive oil to pan along with onion and mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally (add a tablespoon of water to pan if onion starts to burn). Add soy sauce and sour cream, immediately remove from heat and stir to combine.</p>
<p>To serve: Slice beef thinly against the grain. Divide roasted winter vegetables between plates and top with sliced beef. Spoon over mushroom sauce.</p>
<p><em>Written by Nadia Lim. First appeared on <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz.</span></strong></a></em></p>
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