Roasted Springbok Fillet and oven baked potatoes

Add some flavour to your life and treat yourself and your friends with a juicy Springbok Fillet and some oven baked potatoes. The Springbok will pair perfectly with a Cabernet Sauvignon from Die Bergkelder.

Ingredients

  • 700g Springbok Fillet

For the marinade

  • 3T olive oil
  • 1T red wine vinegar
  • 1T Brandy
  • 1 clove garlic
  • salt & pepper

For the potatoes

  • 700g baby potato
  • olive oil
  • salt & pepper
  • 1/2 cup beef stock
  • 2 cups thick sour cream or crème fraiche
  • chives

Instructions

The Fillet

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Marinate the fillet and leave in the fridge for 1hour. Remove from marinade and sear on the stove in a heavy pan. Spoon over the reserved marinade, transfer to oven and roast for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and wrap it in foil for 5 minutes. Thinly slice the steak and moist with pan juices.

The Potatoes

  1. Steam halved potatoes till tender. Place in roasting pan, pour over stock and roast for 15-20 minutes. Remove and spoon over cream, sprinkle with chives and serve with meat.