Trevor's Sneaky Tuesday

Hi All

Trevor, Mr. Pigg to you really had me going last night. We were done at the squash courts, a good couple of games, beers, sauna and a shower and not a mention of the weekends football.

For the record since I can remember I have always been a Manchester United Fan, my dad, Dewi has always supported Liverpool, my brother Aaron a Spurs fan and Mr. Pigg is religious about Chelsea, Trevor's daughters name is Chelsea( I call her Manu for short, I the only one who can get away with it ).

So anyway Rhys and I get home to a lovely home cooked meal by my mom-in-law, Yippee, its great to have her back. I must admit the sweet carrots that Davida rustled up were great, will also leave you with the recipe today.

While sitting catching up on the weekends sport after Rhys went to bed, to my surprise I saw that were some league games this week, I thought it was a rest week. The old cock had me going crazy when I found out that Chelsea had drawn their match and United won 1-0 against Everton putting us ahead of them on the log on point difference. Trevor nasty one Mate.

Just for the record the big game since the start of the season after United got their first piece of silverware is this Sunday at 5pm when Chelsea tackle United at Old Trafford. Trevor always brings a blue shooter of some sorts and mine is Red. May the Force Be with Us.

When at the butcher the other day I could not believe the price of beef fillet, I almost dropped the packet when paying. Besides the price it is not my favourite cut unless it is dressed up a little to give it some flavour. I am going to leave you with my Pepper Beef Fillet and Green Peppercorn Sauce Recipe, it is a easy and great tasting dish to prepare and with the price of fillet at the moment could be considered a bit of a treat.

PEPPER BEEF FILLET WITH GREEN PEPPERCORN SAUCE

1 x 1kg Whole beef fillet
1 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp freshly cracked black peppercorns
3 Tbsp olive oil

Green peppercorn sauce

125ml chicken stock
125ml cream
50ml brandy
2 tsp bottled green peppercorns, drained and rinsed

• Preheat oven to 210*C
• Rub meat in soy sauce coating well
• Roll meat in black pepper, press to coat surface and ends
• Heat oil in baking dish on stove top, add meat and brown on all sides on high heat
• Transfer dish to oven and cook for 45 minutes for rare, 1 hour medium or 1 hour 30 minutes for well done
• Baste meat during cooking with juices in pan
• When done to taste remove from oven cover pan with foil and let rest for 5-10 minutes
• Serve with green peppercorn sauce

To make green peppercorn sauce:

Add chicken stock to left over juices from pan. Stir over low heat on top of stove until it boils; add cream and peppercorns. Boil for a further 2 minutes, stirring constantly; add brandy. Reduce heat and simmer while stirring for 2 minutes; remove from heat and serve with the meat.