Hi guys, me and Hotpoint are bringing to
life people's incredible food memories.
You've sent in loads of them and I've picked some great ones for us to recreate.
Russell sent us in his food memory of the most amazing Filet mignon when he went on a beautiful family cruise
and the perfect person to bring this memory back to life is the one and only Alex known as French guy cooking
Go on boy.
Thanks Jamie and hello guys so I'm gonna be recreating Russell's food memory,
that beautiful Filet mignon steak with a peppercorn sauce.
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but for now I'm gonna tell you everything there is to know about this fantastic recipe.
Russel had this beautiful steak on the Independence of the sea
a massive cruise ship and he was there with this partner Laura and his daughter Maisie.
So I guess he will never forget that beautiful food memory,
looking at the sea, enjoying delicious food, how perfect is that?
He described the steak as soft as butter and the sauce was so intense and
so flavourful full of peppercorns and beef stock and brandy.
This is a recipe I make quite often because I really enjoy my French food obviously
but I've also reached out to the restaurant just to be sure that I've got Russell's recipe.
So now let's make it.
So I'm placing a medium-sized frying pan over on high heat
and I'm using my Hotpoint gas hob because it has a really nice and wide heat distribution
I want to get it nice and hot.
Season a nice filet steak with salt and a nice drizzle of olive oil.
Remember to always oil the steak and not the pan because it does prevent things from burning.
I'm searing that steak for about 3 to 4 minutes per side because I want it medium-rare that's how Russell likes it
but if you want to adjust this to your liking feel free to do so.
When the first side is done just flip it and do it again.
It's really important that you also seal the sides.
So when your steak is ready set it aside on a plate along with a nice knob of butter.
Cover that and let it rest for about 10 minutes.
Let's move on to the peppercorns so put that same pan on low heat.
I'm gonna use white peppercorn, slightly
crushed. Sieve the peppercorn to remove
the powder and stop it from burning in the pan.
They are nicely toasted now.
let's deglaze the pan using brandy.
A drizzle of white wine.
Reduce that by half so turn up the heat.
Then add concentrated beef stock and reduce that by a third.
Turn off the heat and add in the double cream.
You don't want to burn the cream but you want to thicken the sauce.
We need a light toffee colour.
Add a touch of butter.
It will definitely make that sauce more silky and more shiny and this one is special for you Russell.
You know your sauce is ready when you can do this on the back of a spoon.
I'm serving this with beautiful mash and some creamed spinach because that's what Russell had on his cruise.
And now that beautiful silky sauce all over that steak
and there you have it Russell's beautiful food memory the Filet mignon with peppercorn sauce.
I've got to try this.
Mmm.
The steak is tender the sauce is silky the peppercorns are really giving some nice kick to it.
So Russell I hope that is as good as the one you had on the cruise, if not better.
So that Russel can cook this amazing dish
Hotpoint are giving him a brand-new gas hob and if you guys want to win a full set
of Hotpoint kit then click the link and enter the competition. Bye guys.
