*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                 Pear with Garlic Mustard Sauce for Beef

Recipe By     : Home Library, Healthy Heart; 1993:p72
Serving Size  : 2    Preparation Time :0:20
Categories    : Sauce

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1                    pear -- cut in half
     3/4  cup           water
     1/2  cup           fresh orange juice
     1/2  pound         beef tenderloin steak -- (see note)
   2      teaspoons     garlic cloves -- crushed
   2      teaspoons     stone-ground seeded mustard
   1      teaspoon      cornstarch
   1      tablespoon    brandy
   1      clove         garlic -- minced
                        orange zest in long strands
                        parsley

     [1] Combine pear, water, and juice in pan.  Bring to boil. Remove from
heat; let stand and cool.  
     [2] Remove pear and any seeds that surfaced. Reserve 1 1/4 cup of
liquid in a 2-cup measuring cup. 
     [3] Heat a little optional olive oil in the skillet and add meat, cook
until browned and tender. Remove from pan and keep warm.
     [4] Add garlic and mustard to the skillet and cook about 1 minute.
Dissolve cornstarch in the pear water;  add to skillet and stir over heat
until mixture boils and thickens.  Stir in brandy (or cap of brandy extract
for the flavor).  Add extra garlic. Quickly slice the steak; slice the pear.
Two portions:  Arrange a fan of pear on heated plate and a fan of beef
slices.  Put orange shred between the fans.  Cover with the sauce. Garnish
with parsley or mint.

(Notes --leave the peel on the pear.   * tenderloin's been tough ('96). Trim
a strip; a sirloin.  If we grill (charcoal) the meat, put a little of the
'juice' caught on the meat platter in the skillet and warm the garlic and
mustard in that.  Make 1 steak, 3/4-lb.  Extra beef added to a lentil and
spinach soup - good, do again.)

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NOTES : Fast! Steep pear about an hour ahead of time.  Make-ahead side dish,
like confetti rice, works well.  Warm dinner plates on top of steamer.