Roast beef with a cabernet and porcini sauce

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
30gramsDried porcini mushrooms
½cupWarm water
1tablespoonButter
1tablespoonOlive oil
11 kilogram piece eye fillet; up to /2 - 2
1largeCarrot; chopped
3Celery stalks; chopped
2mediumsBrown onions; chopped
4Shallots; chopped
6Stems parsley; (stalks and leaves),
; chopped
4tablespoonsCassis or other liqeuer
1Bottle cabernet sauvignon
3cupsVeal stock
20Basil leaves; finely sliced

Directions

Preheat the oven to 175øc and soak the porcini in the warm water. Heat the butter and olive oil until bubbling then add the eye fillet and saut‚ on all sides until deep golden and caramelised. Remove the meat from the pan and keep warm.

To the same unwashed pan, add the chopped carrots, celery, onions, shallots and parsley and saut‚ until golden and fragrant. Place the eye fillet over the vegetables, nestling the meat into the vegetables. Bake the meat and vegetables at 175øc. for 20-25 minutes (medium-rare) or until done to your liking. Remove the meat and rest for 10 minutes, keeping warm.

Return the pan with the vegetables to the stove and cook over a high heat, adding the cassis or other liqueur and the mushroom mixture and stirring well. Add the cabernet sauvignon and boil rapidly to reduce by half, about 10 minutes. Add the veal stock and continue boiling until reduced by half again, about 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Slice the beef then serve the sauce ladled over the top, garnished with parsley. Alternatively, ladle the sauce and vegetables on the plate and top with the sliced meat and basil leaves.

Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 434 Calories (kcal); 26g Total Fat; (52% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 44g Carbohydrate; 31mg Cholesterol; 3753mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 8 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 5 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.