Fillet steak with cranberry cream, Gremolata Panko dumplings and red cabbage

AUTHOR
Reed Chan
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
120 mins
TOTAL TIME
120 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 9
  • 1 (approx. 1.6 kg) Red cabbage
  • 3 Onions
  • 2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter
  • 150 ml Raspberry vinegar
  • 1/2 l dry red wine
  • 2 Apples (e.g. Elstar)
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 2 Juniper berries
  • 2 Cloves
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Honey
  • 6 discs White bread (from the day before)
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 2 packages (750 g each) Dumpling mass from the cooling shelf
  • 1 collar Parsley
  • 7-10 Tbsp Nutmeg
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 organic lemon
  • 1 TABLESPOON Cornstarch
  • 2 Shallots
  • 3 Stem(s) Tarragon
  • 200 g Butter
  • 1 TABLESPOON Capers
  • 2 Anchovy fillets
  • 125 g Wild cranberries (glass)
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Worcester sauce
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1.6 kg Fillet of beef
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 500 g Whipped cream

Directions

  1. 1

    For the red cabbage, clean and wash the cabbage, quarter it lengthwise and remove the stalk. Cut each quarter crosswise into fine strips. Peel onions and cut them into thin strips. Heat the lard in a large pot.

  2. 2

    Brown the onions in it. Add cabbage, vinegar and wine, bring to the boil. Peel, quarter, core and chop apples. Stir the bay leaf, juniper, cloves, cinnamon, 1 tsp. salt, pepper and honey into the cabbage.

  3. 3

    Cover and stew for about 1 hour.

  4. 4

    For the dumplings, remove the crusts from the bread. For the pancakes, crumble 3 slices with your hands and spread them on a plate to dry. Cut the rest of the bread into cubes of about 1 cm. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan.

  5. 5

    Roast the bread cubes for 2-3 minutes while turning, salt. Form dumpling mixture into plum-sized balls, rolling 1 bread cube in the middle of each ball. Put dumplings in portions into boiling salt water and cook for about 4 minutes until they float on top.

  6. 6

    Lift out, drain and allow to cool side by side.

  7. 7

    Wash parsley and shake dry, chop leaves finely. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan. Roast the pancob crumbs in it briefly while turning. Season with salt and 1 pinch of nutmeg. Stir in parsley and lemon peel.

  8. 8

    For the sauce, peel and finely dice the shallots. Wash tarragon, shake dry, pluck off leaves. Add butter, shallots, capers, rinsed anchovy fillets and cranberries to a tall mixing bowl.

  9. 9

    Puree with a hand blender. Season to taste with Worcester sauce, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Chill cranberry butter for at least 30 minutes.

  10. 10

    Preheat the oven for the fillet steaks (electric oven: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Pat the meat dry. Cut into 8 medallions (each 3-4 cm high). Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan.

  11. 11

    Sauté the medallions in it for about 2 minutes on each side. Season with salt and pepper. Put them on a baking tray and cook them in a hot oven for 10-12 minutes (then they are medium rare).

  12. 12

    In the meantime, heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan. Fry the dumplings in it in 2 portions for about 5 minutes while turning. Carefully stir in Gremolata Panko crumbs, heat up.

  13. 13

    Whip the cream 1⁄4 until stiff, bring the rest to the boil and remove from the heat. Add the cranberry butter in pieces bit by bit with a hand blender (do not boil the sauce again!). Fold in the whipped cream.

  14. 14

    Take the meat out of the oven, cover and let it rest for a short time. Stir starch with 3 tablespoons of water until smooth, stir into the red cabbage. Simmer for about 1 minute. Season to taste again if necessary. Serve fillet steaks with dumplings, red cabbage and sauce.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
870 kcal
CARBS
61 g
FATS
51 g
PROTEINS
42 g