The Daily Biff - 2007 06 17

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Sun, 17 Jun 2007

Filet Mignon
This is Kristy's favorite dinner.

2 10oz filet mignon, 1½-inch thick
2 shallots, minced
½ cup white wine
1 tsp lemon juice
4 tbs butter
2 tsp parsley, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

In small saucepan over medium heat, cook shallots in wine and lemon juice until almost all of the liquid has evaporated. Cool completely. Cream cooled shallot mixture, parsley, salt, pepper, and butter in small bowl. Form until a cylinder, wrap is waxed paper, and chill until firm.
Slice thin disk of butter onto one side of filet mignon, broil for 8-9 minutes. Repeat on other side for another 8-9 minutes. Remove from oven and grill over high heat for 1-2 minutes on each side. Plate with a fresh pad of the seasoned butter. Serve with bernaise sauce and steamed asparagus.

:: Posted by rus on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:20 pm
:: Filed under /recipes/main_courses/meat

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Bernaise Sauce
This is kind of a pain to make, but it's worth it. Great sauce for filet mignon.

1 egg yolk
1 tsp lemon juice
5 tbs cold butter, cut into tablespoon pieces
1 shallot, minced
1 tsp tarragon
1 tsp parsley
¼ white wine
salt and pepper to taste

In a small saucepan, beat egg yolk and lemon juice with wisk over very low heat until light and creamy. Whisk in butter a tablespoon at a time, being sure the pan never gets hot enough to melt the butter. Remove from heat from time to time if necessary. Continue beating until all butter has been emulsified. The sauce should be thick and creamy.

In another saucepan combine shallots, tarragon, parsley, wine, salt, and pepper. Boil over high heat until the liquid is reduced by half. Strain liquid and reserve 1 teaspoon of the herb/shallot mixture; cool liquid to room temperature. Combine liquid with sauce and reserved shallots/herbs. Serve immediately.

(Updated Tue Jun 26 14:57:35 PDT 2007 // fixed for spelling and grammar)

:: Posted by rus on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:09 pm
:: Filed under /recipes/basics/sauces

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Father's Day Weekend: Sunday
Today started with the Father's Day breakfast in bed. See picture:

Breakfast in Bed on Father's Day

We spent the rest of the day just by ourselves. I snapped a couple of pictures of the kids at play before church. Berkeley has been playing a lot with lego-type blocks and building "space ships" of late. Every day he'll build something and come show one of us. Eliana used her "neck-a-lace" to go fishing at the top of the stairs (she does this quite often). See pictures below:

Berkeley playing building space ships from blocks

Eliana fishing with her 'neck-a-lace'

In the evening, we made an excellent dinner of filet mignon (and bernaise sauce). Yum.

:: Posted by rus on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:46 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2007

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