Pan Roasted Filet Mignons With Potato Walnut Confit Port Wine Reduction Stilton Cheese And Shallot Rings Recipes

PAN-ROASTED FILET MIGNONS WITH POTATO-WALNUT CONFIT, PORT WINE REDUCTION, STILTON CHEESE, AND SHALLOT RINGS

Steps:

• Make the Potato-Walnut Confit: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
• Place potatoes, extra-virgin olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; toss to combine. Spread in an even layer on prepared baking sheet and transfer to oven. Roast until potatoes are golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer to a large bowl.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook, stirring, until it just begins to turn golden, about 2 minutes. Add walnuts and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon mixture to bowl with potatoes; cover tightly with plastic wrap to keep warm. Reserve skillet for port wine reduction.
• Make the Port Wine Reduction: Add shallots and garlic to reserved skillet and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add port to deglaze and stir, scraping up browned bits in skillets; cook until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Add beef stock and cook, stirring, until reduced by half, 8 to 9 minutes. Add butter to skillet, 1 piece at a time, whisking until fully melted and combined after each addition. Remove skillet from heat as necessary to prevent sauce from breaking; sauce should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove sauce from heat and cover to keep warm.
• Make the Filet Mignons: Season filets on both sides with salt and pepper. In a large ovenproof skillet, melt butter with olive oil over high heat. Add filets and cook, turning once, 3 minutes per side. Place 2 tablespoons cheese on top of each filet and transfer skillet to oven. For medium-rare, roast until an instant-read thermometer reaches 140 degrees when inserted into filets, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
• To serve, divide the potato mixture evenly between four plates; top with filets. Spoon sauce over filets and garnish with remaining 1/2 cup cheese, fried shallot rings, and parsley. Serve immediately.

FILET MIGNON ROAST WITH ROASTED WINTER VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Vegetables: Add all the vegetables, the garlic, olive oil, rosemary salt and pepper, to taste, in single layers on 2 baking sheets. Toss until well coated. Roast until all the vegetables are golden brown and tender, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Keep warm until serving.
• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Roast: Combine the oil, mustard, garlic, rosemary and pepper in a small bowl. Coat the tenderloin with the mustard mixture. This can be done the day before and left in the refrigerator overnight. Just before roasting, season generously with salt, to taste. Set the tenderloin in a large roasting pan and put it in the center of the oven on the middle rack. Roast until an instant-read meat-thermometer registers 135 degrees F, about 20 minutes. Remove the roast from the oven to a cutting board. Allow it to rest for 10 minutes, tented with aluminum foil. Slice the meat and arrange on a serving platter. Serve alongside the warm roasted vegetables.

FRIED SHALLOT RINGS

Steps:

• Place shallots and pepper sauce in a large bowl; toss to combine. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a deep heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat until it reaches 360 degrees on a deep-fry thermometer. Place flour in a shallow dish and dredge shallots in flour to coat; shake off excess. Transfer to hot oil and fry until golden brown, about 2 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer shallots to a paper-towel-lined plate. Season with salt and pepper; serve immediately.

PAN-SEARED FILET MIGNON WITH ROASTED POTATOES AND MERLOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Make garnish:
• In a medium saucepan of salted boiling water blanch onions 3 minutes, or until barely tender, and drain in a colander. Peel skin away from each onion, keeping it attached at root end, and pat onion dry. In a heavy saucepan heat 2 cups oil until a deep-fat thermometer registers 375°F. and fry onions in 2 batches until crisp and brown, about 1 minute. Transfer onions as fried with a slotted spoon to paper towels and drain. Season onions with salt and pepper and cool. Onions may be made 8 hours ahead and kept, covered, at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 425°F. and oil 2 baking sheets.
• Cut potatoes lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices and arrange in one layer on baking sheets. Lightly brush slices with some oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast potatoes in middle and lower thirds of oven until golden brown and tender, about 35 minutes, and keep warm.
• Pat filets mignons dry and season with salt and pepper. In a large heavy skillet heat 2 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and brown filets on both sides, without crowding, about 5 minutes total. Transfer filets to a shallow baking pan and roast in middle of oven about 10 minutes for medium-rare.
• On each of 6 plates fan 3 potato slices and top with a filet. Drizzle filets with some sauce and garnish with onions. Serve remaining sauce on the side.

RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place 1 cup red wine in a small saucepan; boil until reduced to 1/4 cup, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat; add 2 tablespoons cold cut-up butter, and swirl pan until butter is melted and sauce is thickened, about 1 minute. Season with coarse salt; serve with Pepper-Crusted Filet Mignon.

PORT WINE BALSAMIC FILET MIGNON

Steps:

• Bring the port and white wine to a boil in a medium saucepan, lower the heat and simmer until the liquid has reduced to 2/3 cup.
• Sprinkle the steaks with salt and pepper and lightly dust with flour on both sides. Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add the oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter. When the oil is hot, add the steaks to the skillet and top them with a few sprigs of thyme (just to get the essence). Cook for 4 minutes per side, or until they are cooked to your liking (see Cook's Note).
• Remove the steaks from the pan and set them aside on a plate to rest. Remove the thyme and discard. Add the wine reduction to the same skillet (do not clean the skillet) and bring to a simmer over medium heat, using a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits.
• Add the balsamic vinegar and simmer until the sauce thickens enough to coat the back of the spoon, 2 to 5 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons unsalted butter until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the steak and garnish with microgreens.
• For the grilled asparagus: Toss the asparagus with 3 tablespoons olive oil, the juice from 1/2 a lemon and some salt and pepper. Heat a cast-iron grill pan over medium heat. When the pan is hot, grill the asparagus, turning occasionally, until it is tender and lightly charred, about 4 minutes. Season with more salt and a squeeze of lemon. Serve with the steak.