Roast Whole Beef Fillet With Baby Onions and Physalis Fruit

• 400 g baby onions, peeled
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 kg whole piece filet of beef
• salt and pepper
• 70 g physalis fruit, husk removed
• 200 ml muscat wine (sweet aromatic wine) or 200 ml Sauternes wine (sweet aromatic wine)

1. pre heat oven to 230C Put the onions in a roasting tin, add 1 tbsp olive oil and toss to coat.
2. roast for 10 minutes.
3. in the meantime, pat dry the beef fillet with kitchen paper, rub with 1 tbsp oil and season well.
4. At this stage you may want to tie the fillet with kitchen yarn at regular intervals but it's not essential.
5. heat a heavy based frying pan and brown the beef on all sides for anout 5 minutes.
6. transfer the beef with the onions and roast for 15 minutes.
7. This depends on how thick the beef is and on personal preference.
8. toss the physalis with the remaining 1 tbsp oil, then add to the meat and roast a further 7 minutes.
9. transfer the meat, onions and fruit to a warm serving dish and rest for 15 minutes.
10. Meanwhile deglaze the roasting pan ( adding any juices released from the meat )with the wine and bubble for a few minutes to make a jus.
11. Carve the beef into thick slices, serve with roast onions and potatoes.

baby onions, olive oil, filet of beef, salt, physalis fruit, muscat wine

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/roast-whole-beef-fillet-with-baby-onions-and-physalis-fruit-373366 (may not work)