Beef fillet with red wine sauce
- Marcus Wareing
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Serves 6 - 8
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 1 hr and 30 mins
plus at least 24 hrs marinating and resting
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Luxuriously tender meat, soaked in a herby, garlicky marinade makes for a mouthwatering main course, fit for a feast
Freezable (sauce only)
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Ingredients
Nutrition
Units:
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1.3kg well-aged beef
fillet
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50ml vegetable oil
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100g unsalted butter
cubed
For the marinade
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200ml olive oil
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½ small pack thyme
leaves picked and roughly chopped
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3 rosemary
sprigs, leaves picked and roughly chopped
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1 whole garlic bulb
top third cut off and discarded
For the red wine sauce
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250ml port
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500ml red wine
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1 tbsp vegetable oil
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140g beef
scraps (ask your butcher for these) or braising steak, chopped
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4 shallots
sliced
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2 garlic cloves
bashed
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12 white peppercorns
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¼ small pack thyme
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1 bay leaf
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1l beef stock
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Nutrition: per serving (8)
- kcal636
- fat42g
- saturates14g
- carbs5g
- sugars4g
- fibre1g
- protein39g
- salt1.8g
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Method
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step 1
Put the beef in a container just big enough to fit snugly. Mix the marinade ingredients in a bowl and tip over the beef. Cover and chill, turning and basting as often as possible. Leave for 24-72 hrs.
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step 2
Pour the Port and wine into a large pan and simmer until reduced to a glaze. – this will take about 20 mins. Heat the oil in a separate large pan and, when almost smoking, add the beef scraps and cook until dark golden. Add the shallots, garlic, peppercorns and herbs. Fry for a few mins until starting to brown, then add the reduced alcohol and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook for 25 mins. Strain into a clean pan, then simmer for 8-10 mins until thickened. Season to taste and chill until needed.
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step 3
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Remove the fillet from the marinade and brush off the herbs, reserving them and the garlic for later. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan. When almost smoking, add the fillet, season with 2 tsp salt and fry for 5-7 mins, turning every so often.
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step 4
Add the butter, cube by cube, and – when foaming – baste the fillet, turning regularly. When the fillet is caramelised, put in a roasting tin with the reserved herbs and garlic, and cook in the oven for 8-12 mins, turning every 4 mins and basting. To check that the beef is done, insert a probe thermometer into the centre – it should read 55-60C for medium rare. Transfer to a board, wrap loosely in foil and rest for 20 mins.
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step 5
Return the tin to the oven until the butter is hot. Before serving, roll the fillet in it. Serve with the sauce, croquettes, carrots and garlic.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2015
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