Bifteki in Metaxa Cream Sauce

Summary

Ingredients

• 500 g minced beef
• 3 onion (s)
• 2 tablespoon mustard, hotter
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• salt and pepper
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon spice mix (gyros spice)
• 150 g feta cheese, cut into 4 pieces
• 1 egg (s)
• 2 tablespoon clarified butter
• 200 ml cream
• 100 ml Metaxa
• 1 teaspoon broth, clear, instant
• 100 g feta cheese, crumbled
• Sauce thickener

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Instructions

1. Finely dice all onions. Mix the minced beef with the egg, mustard, tomato paste, and 2 of the diced onions. Season with oregano, gyros spice, salt, and pepper. Shape into 4 equal oval patties. Press a piece of feta cheese into the center of each patty and enclose with meat.
2. Heat the clarified butter in a pan over medium-high heat. Fry the bifteki on all sides for 5 min. Transfer to a baking dish.
3. In the same pan, cook the remaining diced onion for 2 min. Stir in 75 ml water, Metaxa, and cream. Bring to a boil. Season with instant broth to taste. Thicken with sauce thickener if needed.
4. Pour the sauce over the bifteki. Sprinkle with crumbled feta cheese. Bake at 200°C (392°F) for 15 min.