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From: "Steve Loring" <LORING@psl.nmsu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: Fillet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce
Date: 3 May 1995 07:24:00 -0600
Organization: Physical Science Laboratory/NMSU
Message-ID: <131765F6331@aanovell.psl.nmsu.edu>
This is in response to a request for a fillet mignon recipe. As it happens,
I just made this for my mother-in-law's 87th birthday. There's nothing
exceptional about the technique--basic French-style cooking, but the
results were delicious.
Take fillet mignon (or similar cut), trim any fat or connective tissue, then
place a strip of blanched bacon around the rim. (I used toothpicks to
hold the bacon in place.) Press salt and freshly-ground black pepper into
both sides of the meat.
Heat saute pan, then add butter (and maybe a touch of olive oil). When
hot, add meat. Let cook 2 or maybe 3 minutes, then turn over and
repeat on the other side. (If cooking two or more pieces, be sure not to
crowd the meat; leave about 1/2 inch space between pieces.) The meat
is rare when the meat has some spring to it. (If you only cook about 2
minutes per side, the inside will be almost raw--depending on thickness,
of course.) Remove meat to warm plate.
Pour off most of the grease/fat/oil, but leave about 1 to 2 tablespoons.
Add finely chopped shallots (your call on the amount) and saute for a
minute or so. Add good dry red wine to deglaze the pan, scraping up the
brown residue on the pan bottom. (I used about a half cup of a good
Cabernet Sauvignon--the same we served with the meal.) Let the wine
reduce until it's almost syrupy. Add a bit of butter, let the butter swirl in
and mix, then dribble the sauce over the meat.
We served this with boiled red potatoes with parsley butter, steamed
broccoli with lemon butter, and a tomatoe salad (dressed with a
vinagrette made of extra virgin olive oil steeped with mashed garlic, red
wine vinegar, a little balsamic vinegar, and various "Italian-style" spices).