Americana...

Tonight's menu is simple american food. Scotch fillet with mashed potatoes and gravy. It's no wonder the obesity rate in America is so high. ^^

I always loved mashed potatoes, especially the one from Kenny Roger's. Miss that.

Unfortunately, I didn't have any red wine with the steak today. :( But, nevertheless, I still enjoyed my food!

Easy to cook, but preparation is key. So here's what to do. Prepare the steak for at least 2hrs beforehand.

Simple marinate
Extra virgin olive oil
Red wine vinegar
Black pepper
Salt

Put together and rub into the meat and leave it to stand. You can gladwrap the container, which I normally do.

Cooking is straight forward, oil the pan with some olive oil, not extra virgin olive oil. And pan fry your steak to your satisfaction.

Now, for the gravy.

Ingredients
Black Pepper
Salt
Water
Beef bouillon
Flour
Onions (optional)

Directions
After removing your steak from the pan, whats left behind is the yummy oil and juices. Now you know why its so fattening. Heat the pan, in my case, I used some onions. Sauté the onions and then add some water into the pan. Add flour bit by bit and stirring continously so that it dosen't stick together. Then add some beef bouillon, salt and pepper. Stir awhile longer. And its ready.

Finally, the fluffy yummy mashed potatoes.

Ingredients
Potatoes, washed peeled and cut into cubes
Butter
Salt
Black Pepper
Milk

Directions
1) Put the potatoes into a pot and add water. Bring to boil and cook till tender.

2) When cooked, drain and put into a bowl. Warm milk at this point.

3) Add butter, salt and abit of pepper and mash the potatoes.

4) Add milk slowly till you get the nice fluffly texture u want while mashing the potatoes. When your satisfied its done.

Enjoy and make sure you do some exercise the next day ;P