#3 Fillet of beef on a planck

The winner of this weeks Food of the week was Fillet of beef on a planck!

I hope you like it and for those of you who want to try this out at home, 

I can recommend a glass of El coto de rioja for this one!

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2 persons

Ingredients:

Mushroom Sauce:

130 g oyster mushrooms

1 yellow onion

2 dl cream

½ teaspoon minced white pepper

1 vegetable stock

½ corn starch

1,5 dl water

½ tablespoon single malt whiskey

½ olive oil

Mashed Potatoes

5 potatoes

1 dl milk

2 dl cream

½ teaspoon minced black pepper

½ teaspoon salt

50 g butter

Beef

500 g beef fillet

a nip of salt and crushed black pepper

How to:

Mashed Potatoes:

Start of by peeling the potatoes and cutting them in medium pieces, then let them boil in the water with the salt. Heat the butter, cream and the milk in a sauce pan. When the potatoes are done, strain the water and then add the heated butter etc. to the potatoes, and while adding it, whip the mixture so you get some nice mashed potatoes. Add the minced black pepper at the end, and a nip of salt if needed. Let it cool down and then use a cone shaped "spritzzer"* to "spritzz" the mashed potatoes onto the planck. Put the plank in the oven on 180 degrees for about 25 minutes, or until you see the nice browned top.

Mushroom Sauce:

Chop the yellow onion in small pieces and fry them in a casserole with the olive oil for about 2-5 minutes.

Continue by adding the mushrooms (whole pieces) and let it fry for about 5 minutes.

Add the water and let it boil for about 30 minutes, then add the whiskey and continue to boil for 10 minutes. Finish by adding the salt, white pepper, cream and the corn starch, let it then boil for about 2-3 minutes.

Beef fillet:

When you fry the beef, you start by frying the edges of the fillet and then fry the bottom and top side. I wanted my beef medium fried, but  you will have to fry it until you get it the way you want it. If you want it medium fried as well, a good way to tell it's medium is when you can see blood seeping out from the top of the beef. Add the salt and the crushed black pepper when the beef is done.

Now finish it off by putting everything on the planck!

Bon appetit!

/Attila

*Spritzzer