Fillet steaks with tomato tartare and spinach cream

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 4 Tomatoes
  • 125 g dried tomatoes
  • 2 Onions
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 3 Stem(s) Basil
  • 3 Anchovies
  • 1 TABLESPOON Capers
  • 3-5 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 1/2 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper, chili
  • 7-10 Tbsp a few squirts of lemon juice
  • 600 g leaf spinach
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 300 ml white ground sauce
  • 50 g Parmesan (piece)
  • 800 g Fillet of beef

Directions

  1. 1

    For the tomato tartar, carve the fresh tomatoes crosswise and place them in a bowl. Scald with boiling hot water. Then rinse with cold water and remove the skin. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes.

  2. 2

    Put dried tomatoes in a pot and add enough water to cover all the tomatoes. Simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and then cut into small pieces.

  3. 3

    Peel and finely dice the onions and garlic. Wash basil, shake dry and cut into strips. Rinse anchovies cold, drain and dice very finely. Chop capers just as finely.

  4. 4

    Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a saucepan. Sauté half of the onions and garlic in it. Add anchovies and capers. Stir in tomato paste, sauté briefly. Stir in fresh tomatoes and dried tomatoes.

  5. 5

    Season to taste with salt, pepper, chilli and lemon juice. Stir in basil. Keep warm.

  6. 6

    Clean and wash the spinach. Heat butter in a pot. Brown the rest of the onions and spinach. Add the basic sauce and bring to the boil briefly. Puree finely with a hand blender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  7. 7

    Chop the parmesan into thin shavings. Dab the fillet dry, cut into 16 thin slices (3-4 mm) and tap flatter if necessary. Heat 2-4 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Fry the fillet slices in portions on each side for 2-3 minutes at high heat.

  8. 8

    Season with salt and pepper. Spread the spinach cream on four plates. Arrange 4 steaks on each plate with tomato tartar in between. Sprinkle with parmesan. Noodles taste good with it.