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Active Time: 20 Minutes
Total Time: 20 Minutes
Yield: Serves 4
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| For a long time the French scorned English cooking because, they said, everything was boiled, not realizing that this basic cooking technique is also part of their own tradition. This delicious dish demonstrates to what extent this type of cooking allows seemingly simple preparations to be extraordinarily refined as well. This is, of course, partly due to the flavor of the wild mushrooms, which can never be equaled by humble cultivated mushrooms. |
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
| 4 thick slices of boneless beef: tenderloin, filet mignon (fillet) or sirloin, 5 oz each cut 1 1/2 inches thick |
| 13 oz small chanterelles (wild mushrooms) |
| 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt |
| 1 tablespoon black peppercorns |
| Green leaves of 4 celery stalks |
| 2 tablespoons butter |
| 1 small shallot, minced |
| salt |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons sweet muscat wine |
| 1/4 cup light cream |
| 3 tablespoons chopped tender yellow leaves of 1 celery heart |
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DIRECTIONS
Tie kitchen string around each slice of beef in the shape of a cross, forming a 2 1/2 inch bow at the center. Trim any hard parts from the chanterelle stems, but keep the mushrooms whole. Wash them quickly and pat dry.
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Boil water in a 4 qt pot. Add the coarse sea salt, peppercorns, and the green celery leaves.
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Meanwhile, melt the butter in a 10 1/4 inch nonstick skillet. Add the shallot and cook over low heat for 3 minutes, until soft but not golden. Add the chanterelles and cook, stirring constantly, over high heat for 5 minutes, until they no longer release water. Season with salt and add the wine. Cook until the wine evaporates. Add the cream and cook for 2 minutes: the cream will reduce and turn light brown. Remove from the heat.
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Slip the string bows of the tied slices of beef over the handle of a wooden spoon. Rest the wooden spoon across the pot, with the meat suspended in the simmering seasoned water. The beef will cook perfectly. Allow 4 minutes to obtain rare meat. Remove the beef from the pot and place each piece on a warm plate.
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Add the chopped yellow celery leaves to the mushrooms and heat for 30 seconds, stirring. Garnish the meat with the mushrooms and serve immediately.
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NOTE: The chanterelles can be replaced by other wild mushrooms: small flap mushrooms cut into thin slices, pleurotes, St George's agaric mushrooms, trompettes de la mort - or mixture of many kinds of mushrooms.
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Recipe reprinted by permission of Weldon Russell. All rights reserved.
Date Added: 01/01/2008
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Nutrition Facts per Serving
Yield: Serves 4
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