Steak in Mushroom Sauce

There are two easy ways to heat our little cottage on these cold, wintry days.  Our wonderful wood burning stove with our pile of fir and cedar logs, or as I used today, having the oven on for about 6 hours straight - I had both going at one point and if it wasn't for the occasional pile of lingering snow outside (which I can see from my kitchen window), I would of thought I was on some desert island on the equator!!

I started off making the berry-licious sour cream berry muffins, and then had this steak dish in the oven for five hours on a low heat so that the meat came out melt-in-the-mouth fork tender with a rich brown gravy.  It only has simple ingredients but it definitely tastes like a lot more effort went into it.  I served it with some roasted asparagus and 'Crash Hot Potatoes' from The Pioneer Woman's website (if you haven't checked out her website go now, she's awesome - well, after you've checked out all of mine of course :o)

Steak in Mushroom Sauce
serves 4

2 lbs round or sirloin steaks (cut into serving sizes)
1 package dry onion soup mix
1 can condensed mushroom soup
1/2 can water
1 tsp dried garlic (or 1 clove, chopped)
salt and pepper

• preheat the oven to 300 F.
• place the steak in a casserole dish.
• sprinkle the dry onion soup mix over the meat.
• in a small bowl mix the can of mushroom soup with the water and pour evenly over the meat.
• cover and bake for 5 hours.

 Steak with Mushroom Sauce ingredients.

sprinkle the dry onion soup mix over the meat in a casserole dish.

mix the mushroom soup, water, garlic and seasoning in a small bowl.

pour the wet ingredients over the meat and cover.

after five hours it's browned and thickened and delicious :)

I served it with some simple roasted asparagus - tossed in olive oil, salt and pepper, and baked alongside 'Crash Hot Potatoes'.

 it didn't take a fraction of the time to eat it as it did to cook it :o)