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Beef Tenderloin Wrapped with Bacon
Halibut with Spring Vegetables
Beef Tenderloin Wrapped with Bacon
Summary: This crispy tenderloin wrapped with bacon features creamy caramelized mushrooms as sauce and cippolini and asparagus as side vegetables makes a good company dinner.
Prep time and Cooking time (duration): 35 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 6
Ingredients for Beef Tenderloin Wrapped with Bacon with Spring Vegetables
- Beef
- Bacon
- Shitaki Mushrooms
- Asparagus
- Cippolini
- Cream
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2 Shallots
- Olive oil
Get Ready To Work in “Real Time” to make Beef Tenderloin Wrapped with Bacon and Halibut with Spring Vegetables:
Get out these items and utensils: Knife for chopping, baking dish, 2 frying pans, cippolini, Shallots
Get from your pantry: Olive oil, salt, pepper, cippolini, Shallots
Get from your refrigerator: Beef, Bacon, shitaki mushrooms, asparagus, cream
Pre-prepare the following:
- Cut the shitaki mushrooms into small pieces
- Clean shallots.
- Preheat oven at 450 degrees
Begin to cook with Chef Chessa:
Prepare beef tenderloin wrapped with bacon:
- Season the beef tenderloin with salt and pepper then wrap with flat bacon slices.
- Sprinkle black pepper on it.
- Put the beef tenderloin in the oven for about 450 degrees for 35 minutes.
- After it is done cut them in round slices.
Prepare mushroom sauce:
- Heat the pan put finely chopped shallots in it.
- Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil in it
- Caramelize the shallots till it gets golden brown in color.
- Add 1 cup cream in it.
- Add shitaki mushrooms in the pan.
- Stir it for 2-3 minutes on medium to slow flame.
Prepare vegetables:
- Heat olive oil in the pan.
- Add cippolini in the pan and sprinkle salt on it.
- Add asparagus.
- Cook them till they get brown in color.
To serve:
- Place the slices of beef tenderloin on the serving dish.
- Sprinkle little salt on the beef tenderloin.
- Put cippolini on one side of the dish.
- Put asparagus on the other side.
- Drizzle little olive oil on it.
- Serve it with mushroom sauce.
Halibut with spring vegetables.
by Chef Nico Chessa
Summary: Aromatic pan roasted halibut seasoned with salt, pepper and herbs along with marinated spring vegetables are mouth watering dinner.
Prep time and Cooking time (duration): 20 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 6
Ingredients for Halibut with Spring Vegetables
- 1 lb halibut
- 6-7 baby artichoke
- 1 small bowl wax beans
- 1 small bowl fava beans
- Fresh mint
- Fresh parsley
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
Get Ready To Work in “Real Time” to make Halibut with spring vegetables
Get out these items and utensils: Knife for chopping, 1 frying pans,
Get from your pantry: Olive oil, salt, pepper,
Get from your refrigerator: Halibut, fava beans, wax beans, baby artichoke, mint, parsley
Pre-prepare the following:
- Steam the vegetables.
- Clean halibut.
Begin to cook with Chef Chessa:
Marinade halibut and Vegetables
- Marinade steamed vegetables with finely chopped mint, parsley and olive oil.
- Seasoned halibut with mint, parsley, pepper and salt
Prepare halibut with spring vegetables:
- Put olive oil on the pan and lay halibut with the marinated side up.
- Cook halibut on one side till it get brown in color and then gently flip it.
- Add marinated steamed vegetables in it.
- Cook for about 5-6 minutes.
- Gently stir vegetables and halibut.
To serve:
- Place halibut and vegetable on the serving dish.
- Drizzle olive oil on top of it.
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