Fillet of Beef With Tomato Sauce

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Ingredients For Meat:
1.125kg Fillet of Beef
2 Tablespoons Brandy
Black Pepper (Freshly Ground)
4 Bacon Rashers

Ingredients For Sauce:
1 Tablespoon Onion (Finely Chopped)
30g Butter
1 Tablespoon Flour
½ Cup Wine (Dry Red)
4 Tomatoes (Medium peeled and seeded)
1 Teaspoon Tomato Paste
1 Clove Garlic (Crushed)
1 Tablespoon Madeira (or Sherry)
1 Bay leaf (Small)
Salt & Pepper

Method for Beef

1. Trim beef and brush well with brandy.
2. Sprinkle beef with ground pepper.
3. Wrap beef in bacon rashers.
4. Set the beef on a rack in a baking dish.
5. Cook in oven at 230ºC, allowing approximately 30 minutes per 450g of beef.
6. When cooked cut into thick slices and smother in sauce.

Method for Sauce

1. Saute onion in butter until slightly brown.
2. Blend in the flour and cook for approximately one minute.
3. Add wine, tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, madeira, bay leaf, salt & pepper.
4. Sir until boiling, cover and simmer for approximately 30 minutes.
5. Remove bay leaf and pour onto beef.

This is a hearty, wholesome, filling meal but, of course, not for the vegetarian. Serve up with broccoli, marrow and unskinned baby potatoes and you'll be well sated.