Seared Filet Mignon with Triple Mash and Sauteed Baby Squash
- 4 to 6-ounce filet mignon, cut into 2-ounce medallions
- 1 tablespoons oil, for searing
- 3 ounces baby squash, per serving
- Triple Mashed Potatoes, recipe follows
- Sear each medallion until desired temperature is reached.
- Remove from pan and reserve for service.
- In the hot pan, begin to saute the squash utilizing the fond (brown bits in the pan).
- Serve as a side for the filet.
- Serve with Triple Mashed Potatoes.
- Triple Mashed Potatoes
- 2 sweet potatoes, diced
- 4 large Yukon gold potatoes, diced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1-ounce chipotle pepper
- 1 head garlic, roasted
- 1 red pepper, roasted
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Separate the sweet and Yukon potatoes into 2 sauce pots and cover with cold water.
- Season the water with salt and freshly ground black pepper and bring to a boil.
- Add 1-ounce of chipotle to the sweet potato water.
- Cook the potatoes until they are fork tender.
- Drain them and transfer into separate bowls.
- Add the garlic to 1 bowl, and the red pepper to the other bowl of Yukon potatoes.
- Transfer the potatoes 1 style at a time into a potato ricer and rice into a bowl.
- Combine the butter and cream to make mashed potatoes.
- Continue this process with each flavor and hold the potatoes until service.
filet, oil, baby squash, triple mashed potatoes
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/seared-filet-mignon-with-triple-mash-and-sauteed-baby-squash-recipe.html (may not work)