Peppered Filet Of Beef Recipes

Steps:

• Sprinkle steaks with 1 tablespoon pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook steaks in 1 tablespoon butter for 4-5 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 135°; medium, 140°; medium-well, 145°)., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt remaining butter. Stir in the flour and remaining salt and pepper until smooth; gradually add cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in horseradish and mustard. Serve with steaks.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Place the beef on a baking sheet and pat the outside dry with a paper towel. Spread the butter on with your hands. Sprinkle evenly with the salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for exactly 22 minutes for rare and 25 minutes for medium-rare.
• Remove the beef from the oven, cover it tightly with aluminum foil, and allow it to rest at room temperature for 20 minutes. Remove the strings and slice the filet thickly.

Steps:

• Rub the fillet with the cracked black pepper. Place in a non-aluminum deep dish, and add the garlic cloves, bay leaves, rosemary, red wine, olive oil, vinegar and salt. Cover, and let stand for 30 minutes. Drain, pat dry, and reserve marinade.
• Preheat the oven broiler to high, or prepare the charcoal.
• If the fillet is to be cooked in an oven broiler place it on a rack about 3 inches from the heat source. Broil, turning and searing evenly all around, for about 12 to 15 minutes for rare. Cook longer for well done. Transfer to a warm platter and keep warm. If the fillet is to be cooked on a hot clean grill, place the fillet on the grill. Cook and sear all around evenly for about 12 to 15 minutes for rare.
• Meanwhile transfer the marinade to a small saucepan and over high heat reduce by half. Add the chicken broth, tomato paste and any juices that may have accumulated around the fillet.
• Reduce sauce by more than half, stir in butter and check seasoning.
• Slice the meat into thin slices and serve with the sauce.

Steps:

• Place cranberries in a saucepan, cover with water, bring to a boil, and simmer 5 minutes. Drain, refresh with cold water, drain and place in a bowl. Add Cognac.
• Coarsely crush peppercorns in a mortar. (Wrap a towel over mortar at first so peppercorns do not fly about.) Spread crushed peppercorns on a platter.
• Salt fillets on both sides. Place on peppercorns and press to slightly flatten steaks and embed with peppercorns. Repeat on other side.
• Heat half the butter in a skillet just big enough to hold fillets. When butter begins to brown, add fillets and cook over medium heat, 2 to 3 minutes a side, until slightly underdone to your taste. Transfer steaks to a platter. Pour excess fat from skillet.
• Add cranberries and Cognac to skillet and cook briefly over low heat. Add stock and cook sauce until slightly reduced, about 2 minutes. Check sauce for seasoning, adding salt if needed. Swirl in remaining butter bit by bit until sauce is glossy. Return steaks to pan, baste briefly with sauce, and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Place the beef on a sheet pan and pat the outside dry with a paper towel. Spread the butter on with your hands. Sprinkle evenly with the salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for exactly 22 minutes for rare and 25 minutes for medium-rare.
• Remove the beef from the oven, cover it tightly with aluminum foil, and allow it to rest at room temperature for 20 minutes. Remove the strings and slice the fillet thickly.

Steps:

• Heat a frying pan over a medium-to-high heat, then pour in the oil and the clarified butter. Season the steaks with salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper and cook to your liking (2 mins each side for medium-rare, 3 mins each side for medium, depending on the thickness of your steaks). Be sure to seal the rounded edges, too. Transfer to a plate.
• Add the knob of butter to the pan, then fry the shallots, mushrooms and peppercorns over a medium heat for 5 mins, until the shallots have softened and the mushrooms browned. Return the steaks to the pan. Heat the brandy in a metal ladle, light with a match then carefully pour into the hot pan, standing as far back as you can. Once the pan has stopped flaming, remove the steaks again.
• Pour the wine into the pan, turn up the heat and boil rapidly until reduced by half. This will take about 5 mins. Add the stock and reduce again, this time by two-thirds. Stir the cream in to the sauce and allow it to thicken slightly. Check the sauce for seasoning, then return the fillets to the pan to warm through, spooning the sauce over. Serve straight away.

Steps:

• Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a small pot. Add raisins, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain, and rinse raisins under cold running water, and drain again. Place raisins in a small bowl, and pour cognac over. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight.
• Season beef with salt, and press peppercorns into the beef to adhere. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add beef to skillet, and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Transfer to a platter, and keep warm.
• Drain off the fat from the skillet. Add the raisins and cognac, and place over high heat, and bring to a boil. Cook until the liquid has reduced by half. Add the beef stock, reduce the heat to a simmer, and cook for 2 minutes. Cut the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into very small pieces. While whisking constantly, gradually add the butter to the sauce in the skillet. Continue to whisk until incorporated. Season with salt.
• Return the beef to the skillet, and baste with the sauce. Serve the beef and sauce with potatoes and spinach.