Beef fillet with bacon and potato pancakes. (Meat)

Member Name: Nigel1

Product:	Meat
Date:	14/03/09 (121 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Delicious and filling.

Disadvantages: None (it's food).

The following is a delicious recipe for beef fillet with bacon and potato pancakes. It is a three-fold process involving cooking the fillet steaks, preparing the sauce and making the exquisite, light and fluffy pancakes.

INGREDIENTS (serves 4)

4 fillet steaks
salt and pepper
olive oil

SAUCE:

500ml double cream
200g cheese
Glass of red wine
1 onion (diced)
2 bay leaves
1 carrot (diced)
2 sticks of celery (diced)
Olive oil
Beef stock

PANCAKES:

3 eggs
Half pint of milk
Cold water
150g plain flour
Chopped parsley
500g potatoes (cooked and mashed)
1 cup of double cream
125g butter
200g bacon (cooked and diced)
Salt and pepper
Olive oil

METHOD:

To make the sauce:

1) Heat the olive oil in a pan and add the diced onions.

2) Cook slowly until they start to brown, and then add the diced celery and carrots and cook for a further minute.

3) Add the red wine and reduce by half.

3) Add the beef stock and the bay leaves and reduce by two thirds.

4) Add the cream and reduce by one third.

5) Then pour through a sieve and place the sauce into another pot and add the cheese, stirring until melted.

To make the pancakes:

1) Mix the milk and eggs together and slowly add the flour until you have a thick batter.

2) Add the herbs and the seasoning.

3) Rub a non-stick pan with some olive oil and put some of the pancake mix into the pan, cooking on both sides for about 1 minute, (should make 4 pancakes).

The fillet:

1) Rub the steaks with olive oil, seasoning with salt and pepper and cook to taste.

HOW TO SERVE:

Add the chopped, cooked bacon and parsley to the mashed potatoes. Spread each pancake with a good dollop of the potato mix, and roll up into a sausage shape and warm in an oven. Cut pancake into slices, place on top of the steak and pour over the sauce. Enjoy!

Summary: "Good drink... good meat... good God, let's eat!"