Minute Filets With Pickled Vegetables

• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 large dill sprigs
• 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 5 whole allspice, crushed
• 2 medium carrots
• 2 celery ribs
• 1/3 seedless cucumber (about 1/4 pound)
• 5 large radishes
• 1 garlic clove, smashed
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 (2-inch-thick) center-cut filets mignons (beef tenderloin steaks; 1/2 pound each)

1. Bring water, vinegar, sugar, garlic, dill, bay leaf, spices, and 2 1/2 teaspoons salt to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring, then simmer 2 minutes.
2. Cut carrots, celery, and cucumber into 1 1/2-to 2-inch lengths, then julienne all vegetables, including radishes, with slicer. Transfer to a medium bowl, then pour warm pickling liquid over vegetables and let stand while you prepare and grill beef.
3. Prepare grill for direct-heat cooking over hot charcoal (high heat for gas); see
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5. Combine garlic and oil in a small bowl.
6. Remove the string from meat if tied. To cut each steak into a long rectangle that is about 1/2 inch thick, stand it on its side on a cutting board, with a flat side facing you. Hold knife blade parallel to and 1/2 inch above cutting board and, with other hand holding top of meat, slice crosswise into meat (keeping blade 1/2 inch above board) just until you are 1/2 inch from cutting through. Rotate meat to left (or right, if left-handed) and continue to cut and rotate meat until it's unfurled and 1/2 inch thick.
7. Brush beef on both sides with garlic oil, then season both sides with 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper per filet. Oil grill rack, then grill beef, covered only if using a gas grill, turning once, 4 minutes total for medium-rare.
8. Drain pickled vegetables and discard dill, garlic, and bay leaf. Serve beef topped with vegetables.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/minute-filets-with-pickled-vegetables-353649 (may not work)