James Martin served up steak with potatoes and a cognac and pink peppercorn sauce on James Martin’s French Adventure.

James says: “The key to this dish is to oil the meat first and turn it only once.2

The ingredients includes: steak, pink pepper corns, new potatoes, olive oil, garlic, butter, shallots, 1998 cognac, beef stock, mustard, cream, parsley, salt and pepper.

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