Peppered Minute Steak with chilli roasted onions and deep-fried cabbage

Name: Peppered Minute Steak with chilli roasted onions and deep-fried cabbage
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 12 spring onions (shallots); 6 small red onions; 1 teaspoon sea salt; ½ teaspoon freshly ground red (Sichuan) peppercorns; Vegetable oil for deep-frying and cooking beef; ½ tablespoon sea salt; 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; ½ Chinese cabbage; 1 tablespoon chilli sambal; 1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar; 1 beef fillet, approx. 1 kg (2 lb) cleaned; 1 small red onion; 4 cups (1 litre/1¾ imp. pints) Beef Stock; 2 red (Sichuan) peppercorns; 4 black peppercorns; 5 tablespoons vegetable oil; 12 long green shallots (scallions); 12 red shallots

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Taste of Australia

By Victoria Alexander and Genevieve Harris

Published 1995

About

The deep-fried cabbage in this recipe is also known as ‘mermaid’s tresses because of its appearance. Make sure you use the outer cabbage leaves for the tresses.

Ingredients

Sauce

4 cups (1 litre/1¾ imp. pints) Beef Stock

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

TO MAKE SAUCE, place the beef stock in a large saucepan with the peppercorns. Roughly chop the onion and add it to the pan. Bring to the boil over a high heat, then reduce to a simmer. Let the stock simmer until it has reduced by half, skimming occasionally. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine sieve. Set aside.

TO PREPARE MEAT, slice the beef into medallions abo