peppercorn sauce recipe

use pan that beef was fried in.
added 100ml water + balsamic mix
stirred well with wooden spoon t lift steak remnents from pan
 added a finely chopped shallot
lrg knob butter
15 whole peppercorns previously soaked in hot water for 60mins to soften
plenty of finely ground another 15 peppercorns and equal volume salt crystals
about 100ml of milk
boiled it around for quite a bit t reduce little then added cornflour to stiffen.

 tasted quite sweet for some reason (contrary to expectation this may be from the balsamic vinegar) very good but shallot makes it a little lumpy, which kinda hides the softened peppercorns.

if i were drinking i would have used wine instead of balsamic n water.

served with steak, mash, and brussel sprouts.

Balinese Paste Stir Fry

for the paste i used these:

peppercorns
nutmeg
sesame oil
shallots
ginger
turmeric
lemongrass
garlic
red eye chilli
shrimp paste (this makes it!)
palm sugar

all well minced in my new big pestle and mortar.

stir fried chicken and shrimp in a little oil n garlic
added the paste, worked it round well
good splurge of tomato puree and soy sauce
large grated carrot
some chinese leaf

looked great, really nice colour, smelt authentic

served with "shrimp-egg" thin style noodles

amazin

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