Black Pepper Beef Tagliatelle

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Ingredients

• 1 pack of thinly sliced beef (sukiyaki beef if you can get it)
  
• 2 peppers (red or green), finely sliced
• 2 types of mushroom (shitake, eringi, shimeji are good) sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, sliced very thinly (use a mandoline)
• 2 shallots, minced
• 1 small piece of ginger, minced
• 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• pinch of sugar
• dash of mirin
• dash of sesame oil
• glug of kecap manis
• 1 bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped
• 3 or 4 stalks spring onions, finely sliced
• Fresh Tagliatelle, enough for two servings
• juice of half a lime

1. In a blender, pulse together the black peppercorns, mirin, oyster sauce, sesame oil and sugar to a thick paste.  You're looking for a sweet, peppery flavour.  Adjust to your liking - my measurements aren't exact, they are simply where I started off from... 
2. Put some water on the boil in a pan for the pasta.
3. Heat some olive oil in a wok.  When hot, stir fry together the sliced pepper and mushrooms.  Glug some kecap manis on them to give a little colour.  Season with a bit of salt.  When soft, tip them into a heatproof container and keep aside.
4. When your pasta water is boiling, add the pasta.  It will cook in about 6 - 10 mins (depending on whether you opted for fresh or dry), and that's more than enough time to finish off the beef.
5. In the wok, heat a little more oil.  Fry together the beef, garlic, ginger and shallots.  When the beef is cooked through, add the mushrooms and peppers you cooked previous.  Add the pepper sauce from the blender.  Mix well and turn down the heat.
6. Drain the pasta and add to the beef wok.  Add the chopped coriander and spring onions, mix everything together well, and serve immediately.  Squeeze over fresh lime before eating.

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  telliecoin says

  nom nom nom

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  Qarpon says

  great, I can almost taste it :P gonna try for sure. BTW what's mirin? :) sorry I get limited access to asian spices so...

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  yongfook says

  dude I put the link! heh. it's a type of rice wine. I think people often substitute it with dry sherry.

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  dubow says

  looks yummeh! if only i can eat beef. :/ I think a lil chili added to the dish would be nice too.

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  Larph says

  i was astonished to find kecap manis at tescos the other day; the only time i had heard of it was in your recipes. i think it's an indonesian condiment, no?

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  yongfook says

  yup! did you buy a bottle? it's really useful. a good all-purpose seasoning for meat in Asian dishes, when you want it to take on a nice dark colour, but using soy sauce would be too salty.

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  Larph says

  i'll pick one up tomorrow on your recommendation. sounds like a good way around the soy problem, too.

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  theory says

  Interesting dish, dude. I like it.

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  WhiteOnRiceCoup says

  This is fabulous with the black pepper and interesting use of tagliatelle. The photo is kick butt too!

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  sumafood says

  I just made this with whatever I had around. Pre-ground pepper, fettuccini, sake (instead of mirin) no lime, no coriander, and soy sauce instead of kecap manis. It was delicious and I will definitely be making it again.

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  japzkyootipie says

  oh sooo yumm... just the noodles are making me drool.

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  cuegeee says

  might i ask what type of camera you are using?

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  swimupgood says

  gosh this looks so yummy...I

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