Herbed Fillet Of Beef With Tomato Madeira Confit Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat broiler, or grill.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine lemon juice, Essence, garlic, parsley, chives and oregano. Slowly whisk in olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Arrange fillets skin sides down in an oiled shallow baking dish. Brush fish with vinaigrette.
• Broil 5 to 6 inches from heat until just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight jar or container.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch. Published by William and Morrow, 1993.

Steps:

• Sprinkle the filet with salt and pepper. To a heated pan add the oil, salt and pepper. Brown the meat on all sides. Place into a 350 degrees F. oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the meat thermometer registers 120 degrees F. to 125 degrees F. (for rare). Transfer to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes, covered loosely with foil.
• Make the sauce while the beef is resting. Pour off the fat from the pan, add the Madeira, and boil it, scraping up the brown bits, until it is reduced to about 2 tablespoons. Add the broth and boil the mixture, stirring for 1 minute. Stir the arrowroot mixture, add it to the skillet, whisking, and simmer the sauce, whisking, for 1 minute.
• Slice the filet and transfer to a platter. Spoon sauce around the meat and serve the remaining sauce separately. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

Steps:

• Cut a few 2-inch slits in the side of the fillet; stuff the sage leaves and garlic pieces into the slits. Wrap the thyme sprigs around the fillet. Store in refrigerator to allow the meat to absorb the flavors for 4 to 12 hours.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat; lightly oil the grate. Cut the tenderloin in half and season with salt and pepper.
• Cook the fillets 4 to 6 minutes per side, until no longer pink, or to desired doneness.

Steps:

• Marinate Beef: Stir together garlic, shallot, herbs, oil, kosher salt, and 2 tsp pepper, then rub all over beef. Marinate in a sealed large bag, chilled, 1 day. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before roasting. Make Confit: Cook garlic in oil in a large heavy skillet over med-low heat, turning occasionally, until golden, 10-15 minutes. Add tomatoes, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, sugar, 1/4 tsp table salt, 1/8 tsp pepper, and 1/2 cup Madeira and briskly simmer, stirring frequently and crushing tomatoes with a heatproof rubber spatula, until tomatoes start to break down and oil separates slightly, about 1 hour. Mash garlic into tomatoes with spatula, then stir in 1/4 cup Madeira. Discard bay leaf. Roast Beef: Preheat oven to 350F with rack in middle. Roast beef in a 17- by 11-inch shallow heavy baking pan until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of thickest part of meat registers 120F, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let stand, loosely covered with foil, 15 to 20 minutes (temperature of meat will rise to about 130F, for med-rare). Meanwhile, add water and remaining 1/4 cup Madeira to baking pan and deglaze over med-low heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 1 minute. Stir into tomato confit. Cut off and discard string from beef, then cut meat into 1/2-inch thick slices. Serve with confit.