STIR-FRIED BEEF IN PINEAPPLE BOATS

6 tablespoons dry sherry

6 tablespoons soy sauce

600-800g of fillet, rump or sirloin steak

1 tablespoon chopped and finely crushed ginger

1-2 fresh chilies, seeded and finely chopped

2 cloves of garlic, crushed and finely chopped

2 small ripe pineapples

1 large red pepper, seeds and pith removed and sliced into strips

8 spring onions sliced into 3cm strips

20ml cornflour

5 tablespoons cooking oil

Salt and black pepper for flavouring

Slice the meat thinly and remove all visible fat and tissue.

Spoon the sliced meat into a bowl and pour a third of the sherry and a third of soy sauce over the meat and mix well. Set aside.

In another bowl pour the rest of the sherry and soy and add the ginger, then set aside.

Half the pineapples and the leaves so that you have four matching halves.

With a small sharp knife cut out the flesh of the pineapple, leaving the skins whole.

Chop the pineapple into dice.

Drain the meat and sprinkle with cornflour, using your fingers to separate the slices to make sure they are all well coated.

Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan until it sizzles then spoon in the meat pieces and brown quickly.

Remove meat with a slotted spoon and set aside, covering to keep warm.

Now add the strips of pepper, the spring onions, pineapple chunks, chili and garlic.

Toss and stir fry for about 3 minutes then add the ginger-sherry mixture<.br> Continue cooking until the glaze starts to thicken.

Add the beef, toss together to mix in the flavours then spoon into the pineapple shells.

Serve with rice or noodles – and give your guests chopsticks to eat with to add to the fun! ~~

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