Wow this is superb such a simple dish with sensational taste.
I saw this on Huey’s Cooking Adventures, it looked so easy so I had to try and
the eaters at our house adored it!!! It looks like a lot of work but trust me it is easy.
Apologies for the photo, the drizzling of the sauce got a little out of control, please don’t let this distract you from trying this recipe.
As long as you use Gluten free stock, this is fine for your Coeliacs, just check the packet or use homemade.
Best to go to your butcher and get him to cut 1 filet steak (about 4 cms thick per person).
For 3 people I used the following amounts of vege
2 med kumara sliced, boiled with a clove of garlic, till tender, drained and mashed with a big knob of butter
2 leeks To prepare the leeks…cut off green tops remove the tough leaves and finely slice the tender core, then slice the whites. Don't forget to rinse them well they can get dirt amongst the layers.
1 tbs Butter
1 tbs olive oil
Sea Salt
Ground black pepper
Water
Heat the fats and add the leeks, sauté gently for about
4 minutes, season S & P, then add about 50 mls of water...stir, cover and simmer about 4-5 minutes until tender
but still beautifully green. Set aside.
The Sauce
1 cup of beef or chicken stock (same as you used for the beef)
4 tsp Dijon mustard
4 tbs passata or pureed canned tomatoes
Ground black pepper
Whisk the mustard and passata with the stock and bring to the boil, turn down the heat a little and reduce down till the sauce thickens…then season with pepper and taste to check whether or not you need to add salt. Put aside. Re-heat when needed.
(You will have leftover tomatoes and stock but to use them up,just make a soup of them using the poaching stock from the meat…I also had some leftover
leeks which I also threw into my soup.)
Now the meat this is so so simple
Filet steak 1 per person
Beef Stock or chicken the packet stock is just fine for this
Sea salt, ground black pepper
2 tbs parsley finely chopped
Into a large shallow pan pour about 3 cms of stock and bring to the boil...place your steaks in the hot stock making sure they are not touching, reduce to simmer, cover and cook gently for 7 minutes, take off heat and leave covered for another 5 minutes. Turn over in stock, remove...then season with salt & pepper.
To plate
A nice little mound of mashed kumara, a good big spoonful of leeks. Your beautiful piece of eye filet, some sauce and a sprinkling of chopped parsley will finish it off.
Divine!!!