Grain-fed beef fillet with olive oil sabayon and red wine sauce

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Beef and horseradish is given gourmet treatment in Agnar Sverrisson's beef cheek and fillet recipe. A red wine sauce and olive oil sabayon finish off this dish beautifully.

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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Steaks

Beef cheeks

Horseradish purée

  • 70g of horseradish sauce
  • 200g of celeriac, peeled and diced
  • 120ml of milk
  • 1/4 lemon, juiced
  • 20ml of olive oil
  • salt

Olive oil sabayon

  • 30ml of olive pomace oil
  • 50ml of water, warm
  • 1g of xanthan gum
  • 1 tsp tarragon vinegar
  • 1/2 poached egg
  • salt

Red wine sauce

Equipment

  • Stick blender
  • Espuma gun

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 80°C/gas mark 1/4
2
To cook the cheeks, place the duck fat in a deep roasting tray and allow it to warm up in the oven. Trim any fat or sinew off the cheeks and season heavily with salt. Cook the cheeks in the warmed duck fat for 10-12 hours, then allow to cool in the fat
3
For the red wine sauce, sweat the beef trim until golden brown, add half of the mushrooms and sweat for 10 more minutes
4
Add the stock, red wine, the rest of the mushrooms and milk. Bring to the boil and cook for 45-50 minutes, skimming all the time
5
Sieve the sauce and add the xanthan gum and the vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Now add the tarragon and simmer for 2-3 minutes before passing again through a sieve
6
Now make the horseradish purée. Sweat the celeriac down in a pan with the salt and oil until soft and tender
7
Add the milk and horseradish sauce and bring the whole lot to the boil. Take off the heat once boiled, squeeze in the lemon juice and blend into a smooth purée using a stick blender. Pass through a fine sieve
  • 120ml of milk
  • 70g of horseradish sauce
  • 1/4 lemon, juiced
8
Make the olive oil sabayon by putting the warm water, salt, xanthan gum, pomace oil, tarragon vinegar and poached egg into a jug and blending with a stick blender to form a thick emulsion
  • 30ml of olive pomace oil
  • 50ml of water, warm
  • 1g of xanthan gum
  • 1 tsp tarragon vinegar
  • 1/2 poached egg
  • salt
9
Pass through a fine sieve and pour into the gas canister. Close the lid and charge 2 gas canisters. Shake and keep warm until ready to serve
10
Preheat the oven to 230°C/gas mark 8
11
Finally, cook the beef fillet. Heat a pan with the olive oil to a high temperature, slice the beef into 4, season well and seal until golden brown. Place the beef into the oven for 3-4 minutes until medium rare. Rest in a warm area with the bruised garlic and thyme for 2-3 minutes before serving
12
To serve, drizzle some red wine sauce onto each plate and place a beef cheek on top. Place the fillet next to the beef cheek, including some of the pan juices
13
Ladle the horseradish purée to one side to form a neat droplet. Using the gas canister, emit the sabayon onto the plate in another droplet. Sweep some red wine sauce along the side of the plate and serve
First published in 2015

Agnar Sverrisson’s modern European food combines seasonal British ingredients with Icelandic specialities, serving rustic, Nordic-inflected plates that highlight textural contrast and clean, intense flavours.

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