Some Simple Beef Suppers

Steak with a simple bordelaise sauce. Boil chopped shallots and a little red wine right down, then add some tinned beef consommé with a dash of red wine vinegar and a knob of butter and cook gently until saucy enough to pour over your pan-fried steak.

Rare roast beef and chutney sandwiches. Spread thick white bread with butter and a fruit chutney or red onion marmalade and layer up with cold rare roast beef.

Steak and kidney puff pies. Season some chunks of steak and kidney, then fry for a few minutes with some onion. Add a spoonful of cream and a squeeze of lemon and spoon into ready-made vol-au-vent shells.