Stroganoff with Pickled Cucumbers & Honey

Name: Stroganoff with Pickled Cucumbers & Honey
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 onions, chopped; 850 g (1 lb 14 oz) lean chuck steak, cut into chunks; 1 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 bay leaf; 3 tablespoons honey; 3 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour; 3 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour; 40 g (1½ oz) butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 120 g (4½ oz) pickled cucumbers, drained and chopped; 250 g (1 cup) sour cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

This is my mother’s friend Ritva’s recipe. It is pleasantly unusual in flavour — strong and wintery. Use the saltier variety of pickled cucumbers rather than the very sweet and sour ones. You don’t need much else with this: serve with some boiled, mashed or sautéed potatoes, noodles or rice.

Ingredients

40 g (1½ oz) butter
1 tablespoon olive oil

Main course
Dinner

Method

Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Heat the butter and oil in a casserole dish that can go in the oven and on the stovetop. Fry the onions for 3–4 minutes until they soften a bit, then add the meat. Cook over high heat until it begins to brown, taking care though that the onions