Steak Night from In the Mood for Entertaining by Jo Pratt

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons green peppercorns in brine, drained
• 1 tablespoon brandy
• 25 g anchovy fillets in oil, drained and roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1 small shallot, peeled and roughly chopped
• 50 g mature Stilton, crumbled
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 50 g watercress
• 100 ml red wine, boiled until reduced to 3 tablespoons, then cooled
• Beer-battered Onion Rings
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 25 g dried wild mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes, then drained really well
• watercress and/or grilled tomato halves, to serve
• 1 small shallot, roughly chopped
• leaves from a 10 g bunch of tarragon
• 2 teaspoons thyme leaves
• a few good twists of black pepper
• a squeeze of lemon juice
• a pinch of cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
• 175 g good-quality lightly salted butter, at room temperature
• 6-8 steaks (see PS ...)