James Martin served up a special steak frites with peppercorn sauce and green salad to celebrate Holly Willoughby’s 40th Birthday on This Morning.

The ingredients are: 2x 200g sirloin steak, Salt, 25ml veg oil and 25g butter.

For the sauce: 1/2 shallot, peeled and diced, 25g butter, 50ml brandy, 200ml beef stock, 25ml white wine, 1tsp crushed black peppercorns, 1tsp green peppercorns in brine, washed and 100ml double cream.

For the green salad: 1 tbsp Dijon, 2 tbsp veg oil, 1 tsp white wine vinegar, Splash of water, Little gem lettuce and Watercress.

See recipes by James Martin in his book titled: More Home Comforts: 100 new recipes from the television series, available at Amazon now.