Beef And Bacon Tournedos Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the steak sauce, ketchup, marmalade, lemon juice, onion and garlic. Set aside 1/4 cup for serving. , Lightly oil the grill rack. Grill steaks, uncovered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 5-7 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 135°; medium, 140°; medium-well, 145°), basting frequently with remaining sauce. , Just before serving, brush steaks with reserved sauce.

Steps:

• Cook bacon until almost done but not crisp.
• Pound steak until it is less than 1/2 inch thick. Sprinkle with meat tenderizer.
• Sprinkle meat with pepper and two salts. Score diagonally (making shallow, diamond-shaped cuts).
• Flip steak. Place bacon strips lengthwise on steak. Sprinkle with parsley.
• Roll up and skewer with 8-10 sticks. Cut into slices.
• Grill 15 minutes on medium-high heat, turning once.

Steps:

• Combine wine, oil, thyme, onion and garlic. Marinate steaks 30 minutes in baking dish. May refrigerate up to 1 day, bring to room temperature a 1/2 hour before cooking. Place steak in roasting pan, add onions and season to taste. Roast in a preheated 425 degree oven for 20 minutes. Reduce somewhat for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Remove steaks and onions from pan and tent with foil. Save pan and meat juices.
• For the Sauce Forestiere: In small skillet, cook bacon lardons on high until crisp and brown. Remove from pan. Drain all but 2 tablespoons fat. Use fat to cook mushrooms 3 to 5 minutes, stirring gently. Add to bacon. Meanwhile, bring wine, thyme and bay to boil and reduce to about 2 tablespoons.
• Set roasting pan over medium-high burner. Pour in beef stock; mix with cooking scraps. Bring to boil and simmer 3 minutes to begin to thicken. Stir in wine glaze, butter, bacon, mushrooms, salt and pepper. Heat and remove bay leaf and thyme sprigs. Slice filets on the bias, sauce and garnish with onions. Serve with Chateau Potatoes, Creamed Carrots and Minted Green Pea Timbales (separate recipes).

Steps:

• 1. Soak toothpicks in water. Fillet the steak to make 2 pieces. Pound meat with mallet till even. Sprinkle with garlic, pepper and parsley.
• 2. Spread spinach leaves on inside of both pieces, leaving a little on the bottom and top. Place bacon slices on top of spinach.
• 3. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting at the narrow end. Secure with wooden picks at 1-inch intervals. Cut between picks. Maybe 4 pieces each steak for a total of 8.
• 4. Grill on medium to desired doneness. Let Stand 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Place bacon in a saucepan with 4 cups cold water. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
• Pat tournedos dry. Evenly space four sage leaves along one strip of bacon. Wrap bacon strip around the circumference of one tournedo; tie with kitchen twine. Repeat process with remaining sage, bacon, and beef.
• Heat a large cast iron skillet over high heat until it starts to smoke. Season tournedos with salt and pepper and place bacon-side-down in skillet. Cook, without moving, until bacon is well charred, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Rotate tournedos a quarter turn and cook until bacon is well charred, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Repeat process two more times until bacon is well charred. Turn tournedos on their flat side and cook, turning once, until medium-rare, 2 to 3 minutes per side.
• Transfer tournedos to a platter and let stand for 3 minutes. Remove string and serve.