Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 filet mignon steaks
salt, pepper
3 tablespoons butter
2 shallots, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup red wine
2/3 cup beef stock
1 tablespoon chopped rosemary
1/3 cup panko
6 ounces blue cheese, crumbled,divided
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
4 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
Directions:
preheat the broiler.
mix panko,4 oz blue cheese, parsley in a small dish, set aside.
in a saute pan add oil and 1 tbsp butter.
salt and pepper filets and cook about 5 mins per side for med rare, transfer to a baking dish.
pour liquid out of pan, then add 2 tbsp butter and shallots and garlic, cook until softened.
add wine, scraping up bits from the pan and reducing.
add stock, rosemary and cook until reduced by half.
stir in blue cheese. keep warm
top each filet with blue cheese mixture, broil for 3-5 minutes until browned.
place sauce on plates, add filets, top with toasted pine nuts.
Servings: 4
Time preparation: 15 min.
Time total: 40 min.