Salisbury Steak With Wine Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 slices bacon
1 medium red bell pepper
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
1 large yellow onion, sliced
1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1/3 cup Burgundy wine or 1/3 cup red wine
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crumbled

Preparation

In a large skillet cook bacon over moderatly-high heat;cook until crisp and browned, about 5 minutes.
Transfer bacon to paper towels and set aside; reserve drippings in the skillet.
Core and seed the bell pepper; cut into strips, add mushrooms, onions and bell pepper to the drippings in the skillet; cook stirring frequently, until crisp tender, about 4 minutes.
Meanwhile, shape ground beef into 4 oval steaks about 3/4 inch thick; sprinkle on both sides with salt and pepper.
Transfer vegetables to a warm serving platter, cover and keep warm.
Cook steaks until they are well browned, about 3 minutes on each side for medium.
Place the steaks on top of vegetable mixture, cover, and keep them warm; add wine and thyme to the skillet
Bring mixture to a boil, stirring and scraping bottom of skillet; pour the wine sauce over the steaks; Crumble the bacon over the sauce and Serve.