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Ingredients:
Preparation: Place a pan on the stovetop on high heat and pour in olive oil. While waiting for the pan to heat, generously season both sides of filet with Kosher salt and freshly cracked black The pan should be slightly smoking at this point. Place one side of the filet flat inside the pan and add all of the butter. The butter will foam and begin to turn brown. As the filet sears, continuously baste the filet with the juices from the pan using a spoon. When a golden brown crust has formed, flip the filet over making sure it is flat. Continue basting the filet until it is completely cooked. Place the filet on a wire rack to rest for at least 10 minutes. To Plate: First, carefully pour bordelaise sauce in the center of the plate. Place filet on top of the bordelaise. At a 2 o’clock position from the center, plate the au blanc vegetables. Dot the plate with the béarnaise sauce between the au blanc vegetables and the filet.
Parchment paper - cut to size of the pot
Preparation: Deglaze with the cabernet sauvignon. Bring all ingredients to a simmer and reduce au sec (until almost completely dry). This step is important to cook the wine long enough so that the alcohol has completely evaporated and so that the volume of the wine does not loosen the sauce. Add the stock after the wine has cooked down. Simmer on low heat so that the sauce is not boiling but is at a gentle simmer and reduced by 2/3 or until it is the consistency of sauce. Strain through a fine mesh strainer. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
Preparation: To finish the béarnaise sauce: in a bowl combine the above and the egg yolks. Whisk the mixture over a double boiler constantly until the eggs are cooked. You will see the eggs change color, to a pale yellow. The mixture will get thicker and the eggs will be hot. At this point, remove the egg mixture from the heat and slowly add in the warm clarified butter, in the beginning only a few drops at a time still whisking constantly. As the sauce forms you can begin to add the butter in thin constant streams until all of the clarified butter is incorporated and it is one homogenous mixture. Use warm water to thin to sauce consistency. Pass the béarnaise sauce through a chinois, and season with salt and pepper and finish with freshly chopped tarragon leaves.
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