Grilled Angus Pure Eye Fillet with Bordelaise Sauce
Serves 2
You need:
2x 180g Angus Pure eye fillet portions
1 celeriac
1 large parsnip
120g butter beans
100g spinach
20g butter
light olive oil
salt and pepper
10ml truffle oil
Bordelaise sauce
1 small onion diced
1 small parsnip diced
1 stick celery
1 clove garlic
Thyme to taste
15g flour
20g tomato paste
500ml strong beef stock
250ml red wine
6 shallots sliced
1 small tomato, flesh diced
sprig of parsley, sliced
Method:
Lightly oil and season eye fillet. Peel celeriac and parsnip, cut into thick batons. Place in pot with seasoned water and cook keeping firm. Drain and pat dry. Place steaks on hot char grill and cook to your liking. Place celeriac and parsnip on lightly oiled flat grill and cook till crisp. Grill marrow bones and sliced shallot till translucent. Remove shallot and marrow from bones for sauce. Cook beans and spinach finishing with butter and seasoning.
Bordelaise sauce
Melt butter in heavy pot and sauté onion. Once caramelized add parsnip and celery till coloured. Add garlic and flour and cook till golden. Add tomato paste then wine stirring to remove lumps then slowly add hot stock. Bring to boil and simmer till flour cooked out and reduced to sauce consistency. Add thyme and parsley stems, season then pass. Return to pot; add grilled marrow, sauté shallot, parsley and tomato, reheat and serve.
Serving Suggestion:
Place vegetables in centre of plate and top with eye fillet. Spoon sauce over steak, drizzle truffle oil over and finish with freshly shaved truffle