Fillet of Beef with Anchovy Butter Recipe
(serves 6)

Ingredients:

1.5 kg piece

3 tbsp

Anchovy butter:
100 g
6
1 tsp
2 tbsp
 

beef fillet
Black pepper
sunflower oil

butter
anchovy fillets
lemon juice
finely chopped parsley
fresh parsley, chopped to garnish

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 230 ^oC. Sprinkle the meat with the pepper, heat the oil in a baking dish & brown the meat well on all sides. Place it in the oven and roast for just 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.

2. Puree the butter & anchovies in a blender or a food processor. Scrape the puree into a bowl and stir with lemon juice, parsley and some pepper. Roll the mixture into a sausage shape, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.

3. When meat is cold, slice through the fillet of beef at 5 mm intervals, leaving just enough meat on the underside to hold all the slices together.

4. Cut the anchovy butter into slices and slip one in between of meat. Wrap the meat in the foil and refrigerate it until you intend to cook it.

5. Preheat the oven to 220 ^oC. Roast the meat in the foil on a baking tray for 15 minutes.

6. Remove the foil. Sprinkle the fillet with chopped parsley on a serving platter. Serve with spinach & new potatoes.

PREPARATION TIME:     20 minutes                             COOKING TIME:    25 minutes

 

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