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Beef Fillet in Red Wine and Mushroom Sauce
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Beef Fillet in Red Wine and Mushroom Sauce

Beef fillet, crisp outside and tender inside, in a red wine and mushroom sauce – a restaurant dish at home for special occasions.

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Rub the olive oil over both sides of the fillet and sprinkle generously with the salt and black pepper.
  3. 3
    Heat a heavy pan over high heat.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveFrying pan
  4. 4
    Sear the fillet 2 minutes per side, transfer the pan to the oven and roast 12 minutes, to medium doneness.
    StoveOvenFrying pan
  5. 5
    Transfer the fillet to a board and let rest 10 minutes. Meanwhile, fry the shallot and garlic in the same pan until fragrant.
    StoveCutting board
  6. 6
    Add the mushrooms and thyme and fry 5 minutes, until the mushrooms soften.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Pour the wine and stock into the pan, scrape up the browned bits from the bottom and cook until the liquid reduces by half.
    Stove
  8. 8
    Lower the heat and stir in the butter, until the sauce is glossy.
    Stove
  9. 9
    Slice the fillet against the grain.
    KnifeCutting board
  10. 10
    Pour the sauce generously over the top and serve.
423calories
31 gprotein
5 gcarbs
28 gfat
● protein 31%● carbs 5%● fat 64%

Per serving (310 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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