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Cook chopped bacon in a small pan until browned, drain on absorbent paper.
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Heat butter in a pan (approx 20g-30g) add onion and garlic, cook until onion softens, add mushrooms cook again until mushrooms are soft. Add paste, bacon, cream pepper and parsley stir to combine and then remove from heat.
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Take fillets and slice from one side, almost all the way through to the other side, without going through, open up. Divide stuffing equally among fillets on one half fold other half over the top and wrap with a wide leek slice, secure with kitchen string.
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Heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan sear wrapped steaks a minute on each side. Remove place in baking dish. Cook in pre-heated oven 180c for 15-20 Min's for medium rare-medium or until desired doneness.(Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the steak.).
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Note: Ostrich meat is very lean while cooking time is similar to steak do not overcook as it will become tough.
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For the Sauce.
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Heat Madeira, water and stock in pan, mix a small amount of water to cornflour and add, Stir until mixture boils and thickens, add truffles and pepper to taste stir and serve immediately.
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To serve Place ostrich on plate pour truffle sauce over I served this with broccoli mash and vegetables.
