Beef Fillet Medallions, Chilli Butter Mielies & Carrot Fries
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Crispy Carrot fries may just be your new favourite alternative to potato chips with your succulent beef fillet steaks! Paired with a tangy mustard sauce and chilli mielies, cook this up and impress your family with a wholesome feast.
Cooking Methods
- Cooking
- Frying
- Grilling
Serves
4Prep Time
30 minutesCooking Time
45 minutesIngredients
For the beef:
- 600g Food Lover's Signature 28 Day Matured Beef Fillet (Cut into 4 x 150g medallions)
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 15ml (1 Tbsp) smoked paprika
- 200g prosciutto slices
- Butter and a dash of olive oil for frying
For the Chilli Butter Mielies:
- 4 mielies
- 45ml (3 Tbsp) butter, softened
- 1 small fresh chilli, chopped, or 10ml (2 tsp) chilli flakes
- Zest of ½ lemon
- 3 sprigs rosemary, picked and chopped
- 3 sprigs rosemary, picked and chopped
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
For the Carrot Fries:
- 2 medium carrots, peeled
- Oil for frying
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 80ml Dijon Mustard
- 80ml tangy mayo
- Zest of ½ lemon
- Handful parsley, chopped
Directions
For the Beef:
- Season the fillet medallions well with some salt and black pepper, rub with smoked paprika and wrap each medallion with the prosciutto slices and set aside until ready for frying.
- Heat a pan over a high heat – best to use a heavy bottom or cast iron pan.
- Add the butter and a dash of olive oil.
- Sear the fillet medallions on all sides to a deep golden brown colour to seal all the juiciness inside.
- Set aside until all the other components are prepped before continuing to ensure all the food is warm and ready at the same time.
- To finish your fillet medallions, pre-heat the oven to 200°C and place them into the oven for about 7-10 minutes for medium rare, 10-13 minutes for medium and 18-20 minutes for well done.
- Remove from the oven and allow to rest while covered.
- Mix together the softened butter, chilli, lemon zest and juice and rosemary. Season to taste.
- Heat a pan or grill to a moderate heat and brush the mielies with the flavoured butter.
- Grill the mielies for about 10-12 minutes while turning and brushing with more butter as you go along.
- Cut each carrot in half to shorten them
- hen cut each piece lengthwise into strips and shred each strip into 2mm carrot sticks.
- Heat some oil over a moderate heat for shallow frying and fry the carrots in batches until golden and crispy.
- Drain on kitchen towel and season with salt and pepper while still hot.
- Mix together all ingredients and season to taste.
- Serve your perfectly cooked fillet steak with the chili mielies, carrot fries and tangy mustard sauce.
For the Chilli Mielies
For the Carrot Fries
For the Tangy Sauce:
To serve:
Notes
*TIP – it is always best to allow the meat to come to room temperature to ensure more even cooking.