minnie buyse's stroganoff

1 Tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons butter
1 lb. round steak trimmed, sliced into mouth-sized strips*
1 cup thinly sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 Tablespoons butter
3 Tablespoons flour
1 1/4 cups beef stock or 1 can beef broth
1 cup sour cream (I used significantly less than this; add to taste)
2 Tablespoons cooking sherry

1. Combine flour and salt; dredge meat in mixture.
2. Melt 2 Tablespoons butter and quickly brown the meat in this. Add mushrooms, onion and garlic; cook 3-4 minutes until onion is barely tender. Remove meat, mush, onions from skillet.
3. Add 2 Tablespoons butter to pan drippings. Scrape pan to incorporate bits into butter. When melted, whisk in 3 Tablespoons flour. Simmer and whisk for a minute.
4. Slowly pour in meat stock. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Simmer for a minute. Add meat, mushrooms, onions.**
5. Stir in sour cream (and sherry) just before serving. Heat, but do not boil. Serve over egg noodles.

serves 4

~Joan S.
*It is easier if you partially freeze the meat before trimming fat and slicing. OR, better yet, have the butcher slice it for you!!
**At this point you can freeze it.