Braaied Beef Fillet Recipe

Braaied Beef Fillet 

Recipe by Jackie Cameron

"Justin braaied a spicy beef fillet and cooked up a textured amadumbi and potato creamy mash..."

Ingredients :
Beef Fillet
Herbs and Spices of your choice (for instance : rosemary, dried coriander seeds, cumin, fennel and mustard seeds)
Sunflower oil

Method :

1) Prepare a braai
2) Clean and remove all sinew from your beef fillet
3) Use your hands and massage all your many herbs and spices around the beef fillet
4) Get your braai extremely hot, place your beef fillet on this and cook for 2 minutes, or until your desired doneness, on each side. When you can hear and see that the fire is extremely hot... pour a drizzle or so of sunflower oil over the beef while on the braai so the flames rise and give the beef fillet a beautiful smokey flavour.

Please post your comments and any food-related questions below.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jackie Cameron
Head Chef
Hartford House
www.hartford.co.za
jackie@hartford.co.za
+27 33 263 2713

Pan-seared Beef Fillet Recipe

Pan-seared Beef Fillet with Sherry Butter Sauce

Recipe by Jackie Cameron

On my last evening in Switzerland Carla Ferrari cooked rare beef fillet. Never have I enjoyed such quality meat abroad. And, the sauce with the beef is without doubt the best and easiest home-cooked accompaniment I know. Try it!

Ingredients : 4 - 6 portions

100 ml Sherry

100 ml Brandy

60 g Frozen Butter

1 sprig Rosemary

1 garlic clove

Method :

1) Keep the pan to the side after searing the fillet

2) Heat this pan when the beef is ready for serving, add the two alcohols (or any two alcohols of your choice) and allow to reduce and lift off all the pan juices. Once boiling add the rosemary, garlic clove and whisk in the frozen butter. Add all beef juices and pan juices to this sauce to give a lovely meaty flavour. Serve hot or warm; both are just as delicious.

Please post your comments and any food-related questions below.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jackie Cameron
Head Chef
Hartford House
www.hartford.co.za
jackie@hartford.co.za
+27 33 263 2713

Beef Fillet with Fresh Asparagus Recipe

Beef fillet, fresh Asparagus,
roasted - Mediterranean stuffed Butternut
with Pringle Crisps

Recipe by Jackie Cameron

A five-course dinner party sounds extremely lavish. My guests, however, expect nothing less! With little available social time on my hands I wow my friends with fresh flavours and quick, clever substitutes. Food that is stress free allows me to enjoy my dinner party.

In order to make a fabulous dish, the ingredients you are working with need to excite you. The main course is a perfect example of my favourites: beef fillet, fresh asparagus, roasted Mediterranean stuffed butternut with Pringles crisps. The texture of the crisps adds a fun element to this dish. This is a homely main course with a touch of style.

Yields: 4

Ingredients :

*1 kg Beef fillet

Oil for frying

*2 small Butternut

Stuffing

2 rounds of Herbed Feta

2 large Garlic Cloves - sliced

10 ml Dried Oreganum

4 Olives – chopped up

8 Sundried Tomatoes - sliced

3 Egg Yolks

2 slices of Bread

Salt and Pepper

*1 punnet Asparagus

60 ml Butter

*1 large Pringles Original

Method:

1) Remove sinew, portion and pan sear beef in a very hot pan with a little oil. Set aside for later cooking

2) Cut the butternut in half length ways and remove the seeds. Place into the microwave and cook for 5-7 minutes on high

3) Mix all the ingredients together for the stuffing. Place into the butternut onto a tray and cover and cook for 10 minutes, at 220̊ C, and set aside for later heating

4) Blanch asparagus and refresh in iced water and set aside for later searing

5) On service place butternut in the oven for final cooking (220ͦC for 15 minutes) and finish cooking of the beef fillet in the oven until desired doneness. When the beef is ready remove it from the oven and allow it to relax until the butternut is hot and sear the asparagus in the butter

6) Serve with Pringles crisps

Please post your comments and any food-related questions below.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jackie Cameron
Head Chef
Hartford House
www.hartford.co.za
jackie@hartford.co.za
+27 33 263 2713