Châteaubriand Food

CHATEAUBRIAND FOR TWO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Season tenderloin with Essence. Heat a large saute pan over high heat, add the oil and sear meat well on all sides. Transfer meat to a roasting rack set in a roasting pan and roast 15 minutes for medium-rare. Meanwhile "turn" vegetables, cutting them into even-sized pieces shaped like footballs. Cook vegetables separately in small pots of salted water just until tender, drain and cool.
• Transfer meat to a carving board, tent with foil to keep warm and let rest at least 10 minutes. Remove rack from roasting pan, place pan over medium high heat and pour in stock to deglaze. Bring to a boil, scraping bottom of pan to incorporate any browned bits into sauce. Simmer and adjust seasonings, to taste. Add vegetables to stock to reheat. Slice meat in thin slices. To serve, present meat in "shingles", surround with vegetables and ladle sauce over.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight jar or container.

CHATEAUBRIAND

Steps:

• Rub the beef with the vegetable oil and season with freshly ground black pepper. Let the beef rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Heat a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Quickly sear the meat about 5 seconds on each side, then remove from skillet. Melt and brown the butter in the skillet. Return the meat to the skillet, and fry 4 to 5 minutes on each side. The outside of the meat should be browned and crisp. Remove from the skillet and let stand for about 5 minutes for the juices to settle.

CHATEAUBRIAND A LA MAISON

Steps:

• Grill the steak to your desired doneness.
• Put butter, salt, white pepper, cayenne, mustard, chopped parsley, sherry and Worcestershire sauce into a pan and heat.
• When butter has fully melted and sauce has been stirred, add the steak, pour over with the cognac and flambe.
• When cognac has burned off, remove the steak and cut into 3 slices per steak. Keep warm.
• Mix ketchup and whipping cream then fold in to the sauce along with the sauteed mushrooms. Stir well and bring to just under a boil.
• Plate the steak and pour sauce over. Serve with French fried potatoes and peas.

ROASTED CHATEAUBRIAND WITH RED WINE-MUSHROOM REDUCTION AND POMMES PUREE

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes: Add the potatoes to a medium pot with the cream, garlic, butter and some kosher salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low and gently simmer until the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, about 25 minutes.
• Cook the chateaubriand: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Let the beef rest at room temperature for 15 minutes, then season with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large, oven-safe skillet over high heat until it shimmers, about 2 minutes. Set the meat in the pan and sear it on all sides until browned, about 8 minutes total. Reduce the heat to low and add 2 tablespoons of the butter, the mushrooms, garlic and the thyme. Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook the roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part reads 125 to 130 degrees F., 6 to 8 minutes for medium-rare. Remove the skillet from the oven, transfer the roast to a cutting board, loosely tent with foil and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• Make the red wine reduction: Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl and pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the pan (discard the garlic and thyme). Set the skillet over medium-high heat, add the shallot and red wine, and cook, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan, until the pan is almost dry, about 2 minutes. Add the broth and cream, bring to a boil, and simmer until the sauce thickens, 3 to 5 minutes. Return the mushrooms to the pan, adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, if needed.
• Make the pomme puree: Place a colander over a large bowl. Pour the hot potatoes into the colander. Shake the potatoes to drain off the excess liquid. Press the potatoes through a ricer (or mash them with a fork for a chunkier texture) and into a medium bowl, occasionally clearing the sides of the ricer with a spoon. Pour the reserved and still-hot cream over the potatoes in small increments, folding in to combine, until you get your desired consistency. Season with olive oil and a sprinkle of sea salt and serve immediately, or keep warm in a covered oven-safe casserole dish in a 250 degree F. oven.
• To serve, remove the twine from the roast and slice the roast crosswise into 2 equal portions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spoon the potato puree onto 2 warm plates. Place a slice of chateaubriand on each plate and spoon the red wine-mushroom reduction over the top. Garnish with fresh thyme leaves and serve.

HOW TO COOK CHATEAUBRIAND

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 °F (177 °C) and trim the chateaubriand. Get out 2 1-3/4 pound pieces of chateaubriand and use a sharp paring knife to cut away the silverskin and visible fat. You may need to use your fingers to pull the silverskin away from the meat. The silverskin is the silvery membrane on the surface of the meat. If you don't remove it, the membrane will make the meat tough.
• Heat the olive oil over high heat for 2 minutes. Pour 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of olive oil into a large, oven-safe grill pan or skillet and turn the burner to high. Heat the oil until it becomes hot and shimmery. Avoid using extra-virgin olive oil because it has a lower smoke point and will burn. If you prefer, you can sear the chateaubriand on a charcoal or gas grill instead of on the stove top.
• Season the chateaubriand and sear it for 3 to 4 minutes. Right before you're ready to sear the meat, sprinkle salt and pepper to taste over each side of the chateaubriand. Immediately lower both pieces of meat into the hot grill pan or skillet. Let the meat sear without moving them so they brown evenly. The chateaubriand should sizzle as soon as you place it in the pan. If it doesn't, you grill pan needs to be hotter.
• Turn the meat and sear it in butter for 3 to 4 more minutes. Use tongs to flip the chateaubriand over and add the butter to the grill pan. Sear the meat until it's browned on all sides and then turn off the burner. If you like, you can carefully spoon hot butter over the meat as it sears.
• Transfer the chateaubriand to the preheated oven. Put on an oven mitt and open the oven door. Put the grill pan with the seared chateaubriand in the center of your oven.
• Roast the chateaubriand until it reaches 130 °F (54 °C) to 135 °F (57 °C). Insert an instant-read thermometer into the thickest part of the meat. Cook the chateaubriand to 130 °F (54 °C) for rare or 135 °F (57 °C) for medium-rare. You can begin checking the meat after roasting it for 15 to 20 minutes. Keep in mind that the meat will continue to cook a little as it rests.
• Remove and rest the meat for 10 to 15 minutes. Wear oven mitts to remove the hot grill pan from the oven. Use tongs to move the chateaubriand onto a plate or cutting board and cover the meat loosely with aluminum foil. Let the meat rest so the juices redistribute within the meat.

CHATEAUBRIAND

Steps:

• Heat oven to 250 degrees. Stand meat on its wider-cut end on a solid work surface. Fold a kitchen towel lengthwise once or twice into a wide band, and drape it loosely around the upright meat like a scarf. Gather the ends of the towel, and twist to form a tight collar that will hold meat in a round shape during pounding; grasp securely in one hand. With the other hand, pound top of meat with a meat mallet until flattened into an oval steak about 2 inches thick and 5 to 7 inches wide.
• Heat a medium grill pan over high heat until it is very hot. Rub steak with oil, and season with salt and pepper.
• Place steak on grill pan at an angle to ridges, and cook until ridges leave clear marks, 2 1/2 to 3 minutes. Turn, maintaining same angle and repeat on second side. Turn again, rotating so visible grill marks are perpendicular to ridges. Cook until a crisscross is clearly marked, 2 1/2 to 3 minutes. Turn once more, maintaining same angle, and grill so second side has been on grill exactly as long as first side. Brown steak on outside edge, holding with tongs or propping against a potato, shifting meat so entire edge gets browned. Grill a total of 10 to 12 minutes, depending on thickness of steak and desired degree of doneness.
• Meat will be barely springy to the touch, indicating that it is still rare. Transfer to a small shallow roasting pan, and place pan in oven for 15 minutes. Remove to a cutting board; slice thin on a bias. Place on a warm serving platter, and pour pan juices over. Serve with bearnaise sauce on the side.

CHRISTMAS CHâTEAUBRIAND

Steps:

• Pat tenderloin dry and rub with celery salt and black pepper. Cut bacon into 1 1/2-inch pieces. In a heavy kettle just large enough to hold tenderloin cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp and transfer with a slotted spoon to a small bowl. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon bacon fat. Increase heat to moderately high and brown tenderloin on all sides, about 5 minutes total. With tongs transfer tenderloin to a plate.
• To kettle add wine, bacon, and rosemary and boil mixture 1 minute. Return tenderloin to kettle and cook at a bare simmer, covered, turning occasionally, 25 minutes, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted diagonally 2 inches into center of beef registers 125°F. for medium-rare. With tongs transfer tenderloin to a cutting board and let stand 10 minutes.
• While tenderloin is standing, cut bell pepper into 1/4-inch dice. With a slotted spoon discard bacon from cooking liquid. Add bell pepper and demiglace to cooking liquid and boil sauce over moderate heat until slightly thickened and reduced to about 1 1/3 cups.
• Cut tenderloin into 1/4-inch-thick slices and arrange on a platter. Spoon some of sauce over tenderloin and garnish with rosemary sprigs. Serve remaining sauce on the side.

CHâTEAUBRIAND

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
• 2. In an ovenproof, heavy-bottomed frying pan, heat the olive oil over high heat until hot but not smoking.
• 3. Season the meat with salt and pepper, then brown it in the pan on all sides.
• 4. Transfer the pan to the oven and roast until the meat's internal temperature reaches 130°F (for rare), 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven.
• 5. Transfer the meat to a cutting board and tent it with foil.
• 6. Pour all but a thin film of fat from the pan.
• 7. Add the shallot and saut it over medium-low heat until golden, 2 to 3 minutes.
• 8. Add the wine and raise the heat to high, scraping up any brown bits from the pan.
• 9. When the sauce is syrupy (about 5 minutes), turn off the heat and whisk in the butter.
• 10. Carve the meat in thick slices and drizzle with the pan sauce.

THE CLASSIC FRENCH CHATEAUBRIAND

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F. Evenly season the beef with salt and pepper.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter with the olive oil in a large skillet (preferably cast iron) set over medium-high heat until cloudy and bubbly.
• Place the seasoned meat in the pan and brown for 3 minutes without moving the meat. Using tongs, carefully turn the tenderloin on its side and brown for 3 minutes more. Repeat the same browning process on all exposed surfaces of the meat.
• Transfer the tenderloin to a rack placed in a roasting pan and put in the oven. (Set aside the skillet with any accumulated juices for making the sauce.) Roast the beef to your desired doneness, about 15 minutes for medium-rare, 20 minutes for medium, and 23 minutes for medium-well.
• Remove the meat from the oven and transfer to a warm serving platter. Lightly tent the meat with foil and let it rest for 15 minutes.
• While the tenderloin is resting, make the wine sauce. Combine the shallot with the juices in the skillet and sauté over medium heat until the shallot is soft and translucent.
• Pour the wine into the skillet and bring the sauce to a boil, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Continue boiling the sauce until it reduces by half.
• Add the demi-glace to the sauce and continue boiling the mixture until slightly thickened.
• Remove the sauce from the heat and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon softened butter and tarragon. Taste and season with salt and black pepper as needed.
• Slice the meat on the diagonal and serve with the wine sauce. Enjoy.

CHATEAUBRIAND STEAK

Steps:

• Wipe the steak with kitchen towel and bash it a couple of times on each side with a meat bat. Season generously with freshly ground black pepper and put to one side to come to room temperature.
• Put the shallots, thyme, bay leaf, mushrooms and wine into a pan and reduce almost entirely. Add the stock and reduce again until there is about 1/4 pt left. Strain and whisk in the maitre d hotel butter until the sauce thickens. Put the sauce in a bowl over warm water until ready to serve.
• Season the steak with salt and brush it generously with melted butter and olive oil. Brush the grill grid with oil before placing the steak on it and grill 9 mins each side for rare, 11 mins medium and 12 mins well done.
• Cut the cooked steak on a carving board and carve it at a slight angle with a very sharp knife into about 6 slices (depending on the size of the steak). Serve with the Chateaubriand sauce handed round separately.
• Goes well with watercress and roast potatoes sprinkled with fresh herbs
• Cheats sauce. You can speed the whole thing up by using a can of good quality consomme, a chicken stock cube, 4oz butter, 1 tbs finely chopped parsley, 1 tbs lemon juice, salt, black pepper and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Reduce and serve with the steak as above.