Tournedos With Spinach Recipe
Ingredients
4 filets mignons
4 strips of bacon or pork fat
1 lb (450 g) fresh spinach, stems removed, or frozen spinach, thawed
2 tsp (10 ml) olive oil
2 tsp (10 ml) peanut oil or sunflower oil
Salt and pepper
2 tsp (10 ml) onion, chopped
1/4 Cup (60 ml) green olives, chopped
1/4 Cup (60 ml) white vermouth
Directions
– Preheat oven to 350 °F (175 °C).
– Blanch a few spinach leaves in boiling, salted water and let stand to cool, then pat dry.
– Fold spinach leaves to same width as bacon or pork fat strips.
– Wrap blanched spinach leaves around filet mignon, wrap bacon strips around spinach leaves, and tie string around bacon strips, making sure spinach is covered.
– In a skillet, heat oil mixture and sear tournedos
4 minutes each side, then roll each tournedos on its sides to fry bacon evenly.
– Remove tournedos from skillet and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low.
– Blanch a few spinach leaves in boiling, salted water and let stand to cool, then pat dry.
– Fold spinach leaves to same width as bacon or pork fat strips.
– Wrap blanched spinach leaves around filet mignon, wrap bacon strips around spinach leaves, and tie string around bacon strips, making sure spinach is covered.
– In a skillet, heat oil mixture and sear tournedos
4 minutes each side, then roll each tournedos on its sides to fry bacon evenly.
– Remove tournedos from skillet and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low.
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