No-one really knows how this got its name. Though there are a few tales doing the round. One of them is that a chef in Cape Town was fed-up with the guests, and mixed some ingredients together, called it "Monkey Gland" and hoped that they will go home. It had the opposite effect: Everybody loves it!
Monkey Gland Steaks and Monkey Gland Sauces are very popular in South Africa and get served it all major steak houses and a fast food restaurants. The monkey gland sauce is used with braaivleis as well.
Ingredients:
500 g Rump Steak
Sauce:
10 ml Crushed Garlic
25 ml Mrs HS Balls Chutney
1 Chopped Onion
5 ml Mustard Powder
25 ml All Gold Tomato Sauce
10 ml Grape Vinegar (can be replaced with a brown sherry)
25 ml Worcester Sauce
Method:
Prepare steaks by beating lightly.
Combine all sauce ingredients,
Marinade steak for 2 to 3 hours. (Alternatively leave overnight in fridge in sauce)
Remove steaks from sauce and grill or fry.
Heat sauce and serve with steak
Bon Apetit!
