Michel-Michel Shabu-Shabu
- 3/4 pound to 1 pound beef tenderloin, in 1 piece, trimmed of fat
- 4 to 5 cups beef broth, preferably unsalted
- 1 2-inch piece fresh horseradish, peeled and grated or 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into fine julienne
- 1 cup peeled, quartered and thinly sliced rutabaga
- 1 small zucchini, trimmed and thinly sliced
- 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced into 2 by 1/4-inch strips
- 8 mushrooms, stemmed and quartered if large
- 8 Napa cabbage leaves, thinly sliced
- 1 cup snow peas, strung
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
- Freeze meat for 1 hour.
- Cut into 12 to 16 thin slices.
- Place 1 slice between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and pound until paper thin.
- Repeat with remaining slices.
- (Can be rewrapped and refrigerated until 1 hour before serving.)
- Bring 4 cups of broth to boil and add grated horseradish or ginger.
- Lower heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- (Can be prepared ahead up to this point, covered and left at room temperature.)
- Strain and measure, adding additional broth if needed to make 4 cups.
- Bring broth back to boil.
- Add rutabaga, zucchini, carrot and mushrooms, cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Stir in cabbage and snow peas, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, arrange meat slices in the bottom of 4 soup plates.
- Combine mustard and horseradish and spread over meat.
- Pepper meat.
- Ladle the broth and vegetables over the meat and serve immediately.
beef tenderloin, beef broth, fresh horseradish, rutabaga, zucchini, carrot, mushrooms, cabbage, snow peas, salt, mustard, horseradish
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7891 (may not work)