Tournedos Rossini-style with Glazed Vegetable Bouquetiere, Sauce Perigueux-style
- 4 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 4 (7-ounce) beef filets
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 4 (3-ounce) portions fresh or frozen duck foie gras
- Vegetable Bouquetiere, recipe follows
- 4 slices black truffles (not too thick)
- Perigueux Sauce, recipe follows
- In a medium saute pan, heat the sunflower oil over medium-high heat.
- Season the fillets with salt and pepper.
- Sear the fillets until golden brown on each side to the desired degree of doneness.
- Drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
- Over high heat, heat a small non-stick pan or skillet.
- Season the slices of duck foie gras with salt and pepper.
- When the pan is very hot, put the slices of duck foie gras in it, and quickly sear for about 1 minute on each side.
- Drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
- To serve, in the middle of each plate, arrange the bouquetiere of vegetables.
- On top of the vegetables, place a fillet.
- On the top of the fillets, put a slice of foie gras.
- On the top of the foie gras, add the slices of black truffle.
- Pour the sauce delicately around the vegetables.
- 20 pieces carrots, tourneed, medium size
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 20 pieces turnips, tourneed, medium size
- 4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh curly parsley
- 1 handful sea salt
- 12 tablespoons string beans
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped shallots
- 20 pieces potatoes, tourneed, medium size
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 3 tablespoons freshly made clarified butter
- Vegetable Bouquetiere:
- Put the carrots in 1 saute pan and the turnips in another.
- Add water up to the top of the carrots, and add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon butter.
- Season with salt and pepper, and cook over medium-high heat until liquid is completely evaporated and vegetables are tender.
- To the other pan, add water up to the top of the turnips, and add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon butter.
- Season with salt and pepper, and cook over medium-high heat until liquid is completely evaporated and vegetables are tender.
- Remove vegetables, and then continue to cook until the remaining sugar and butter become a light caramel.
- When the caramel is at the right color (light brown), return the carrots and turnips to the respective pans until each vegetable gets the brightness and light brown color.
- Season the carrots and turnips individually.
- Divide 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley among the saute pans.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- To cook the string beans, bring a small pan full of water to boil.
- Add a large handful of sea salt.
- When the water is boiling, add the string beans and let them cook for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the string beans are soft and not 'crispy'.
- Refresh the string beans in cold water with the ice cubes.
- To reheat the string beans, melt some butter in a skillet or saute pan, add the string beans, and saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add the chopped shallots and the remaining chopped parsley and saute for about 1 to 2 more minutes.
- Season, to taste.
- Put the potatoes in a small pan.
- Add water up to the top of the potatoes.
- Add the sunflower oil and boil the potatoes and oil for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Drain the potatoes.
- In a skillet or a saute pan, heat the clarified butter over high heat until very hot.
- Carefully add potatoes and cook until golden brown.
- Season with salt, to taste.
- Drain the clarified butter from the pan.
- Add 2 tablespoons raw butter and cook again for 3 to 4 more minutes.
- Set aside and keep warm.
- 2 large shallots, finely sliced
- 1 clove garlic, finely sliced
- 1 large bouquet garni
- 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 2 cups Madeira wine
- 2 tablespoons cognac
- 3 cups fresh brown veal stock
- 4 tablespoons fresh duck foie gras, broken into small pieces
- 1/2 piece black truffle, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- In small pan, put the shallots, garlic, bouquet garni, cracked black pepper, Madeira, and cognac.
- Bring to a boil and then simmer until the Madeira is completely evaporated.
- Add the brown stock and let it reduce by half.
- Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer.
- Pour the sauce into a saute pan.
- Add the foie gras and the finely chopped black truffle.
- Mount the sauce with butter, without a whisk, by moving the pan slowly over medium heat.
- Season, to taste.
- Set aside and keep warm in a bain marie.
sunflower oil, beef filets, salt, gras, vegetable bouquetiere, black truffles, perigueux sauce
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tournedos-rossini-style-with-glazed-vegetable-bouquetiere-sauce-perigueux-style-recipe.html (may not work)