Name: Filet mignon with mixed mushrooms
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 240 gram packet cherry tomatoes; 2 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra for steak; 600 gram desiree potatoes, peeled; 1 teaspoon salt; 60 gram butter; 2 bacon rashers, trimmed, halved lengthways; 4 150g fillet steaks; 300 gram mixed mushrooms; 2 garlic doves, crushed; 2 tablespoon snipped chives

Ingredients

240 gram packet cherry tomatoes

2 tablespoon olive oil, plus extra for steak

600 gram desiree potatoes, peeled

1 teaspoon salt

60 gram butter

2 bacon rashers, trimmed, halved lengthways

4 150g fillet steaks

300 gram mixed mushrooms

2 garlic doves, crushed

2 tablespoon snipped chives

Method

1.Preheat oven to hot, 200°C. Place tomatoes in a baking dish. Drizzle with 2 teaspoons oil and season to taste.

2.Bake tomatoes for 8-10 minutes until they start to collapse.

3.Meanwhile, coarsely grate potatoes into a large bowl. Stir in salt. Using your hands, squeeze out the excess liquid. Divide the grated potato into 8 equal portions.

4.Heat half the butter and the remaining oil in a large frying pan on medium. Add 4 potato portions to the pan, flattening them with a spatula. Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side or until golden broom and tender. Cover to keep warm. Repeat with remaining portions.

5.Heat a char-grill pan or barbecue on high.

6.Wrap bacon around each beef fillet, securing with toothpicks. Drizzle with oil. Char-grill steaks for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until cooked to your taste. Let rest, covered, for 5 minutes.

7.Melt remaining butter in a large flying pan on high. Saute mushrooms and garlic for 4-5 minutes, until tender. Stir chives through and season to taste. Serve filet mignon on potato cake with tomatoes and mushrooms.

Sealing the steaks first, for 2-3 minutes on each side, keeps juices in, and resting the meat lets them be reabsorbed.
Note

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