Old Thatched Cottage, Dunchurch, Rugby - recipes from English Country Inns and hotels

The Old Thatched Cottage of Dunchurch
Hotel and Restaurant

Southam Road, Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 6NG
Tel/Fax: (01788) 810417
Web: http://www.english-inns.co.uk/OldThatchedCottage

A beautiful beamed 15th Century building, The Old Thatched Cottage Hotel and Restaurant offers a choice of dining; bar snacks in the lounge or more formal dining in the restaurant from the extensive A la Carte or fixed price Table D'hôte menu.

For sample Table D'hôte Dinner, Sunday Lunch and Bar Snack menus, please visit our Restaurant page.

Your Host - Felipe Tejero

Chef's Choice: Fillet Bismark
A dish originally created in honour of Admiral Bismark of the Imperial German Navy.

Chef's Choice - Fillet Bismark
Ingredients
1 Fillet Steak - cut from the tournedos of the fillet
Mushrooms
Thick slices of Boiled Ham

Sauce

30g ( 1 oz.) Finely chopped Onions
30g ( 1 oz.) Butter
250ml ( 1/2 PT) Sour Cream
Juice of 1/2 a Lemon
15ml Spoon ( 1 Tablespoon) Mushroom Ketchup or Essence

Method
Make slits in the Steak and stuff with the Ham and Mushrooms, then cook the Steak to your liking.

To prepare the sauce:

First fry the Onions to a golden colour in the Butter. Then add the Cream and reduce by half. When reduced, add the Mushroom Ketchup and the Lemon Juice. Season the sauce to taste.

Just before serving, add a knob of Butter and whisk in ( this adds a lovely sheen to the sauce), then pour over the cooked Fillet Steak.( Do not strain the sauce). Enjoy!

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