Baked Mushroom Stuffed Steak Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 4

25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter or margarine

1 onion, chopped
100 g/4 oz mushrooms, finely chopped

50 g/2 oz lean bacon, rinded and chopped
25 g/1 oz/0.5 cup fresh breadcrumbs

10 ml/2 tsp chopped parsley
5 ml/1 tsp chopped thyme
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

900 g/2 lb piece of lean rump steak, trimmed

Method :

Melt the butter or margarine and fry (saute) the onion until soft but not brown. Stir in the mushrooms and bacon and cook for 3 minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the breadcrumbs, parsley and thyme and season to taste. Leave to cool. Slit the steak in half lengthways and fill with the stuffing, then tie round with string. Roast in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6 for about 30 minutes until cooked to your liking.