12/03/2015

Seared Beef Fillet with Blue Cheese, Watercress and Radish

Rare beef becomes something really special when partnered with blue cheese and radish on bed of watercress.

Serves:

8 Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

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Ingredients

1 kg whole beef fillet, trimmed
balsamic glaze, as required
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
8 cloves garlic, unpeeled
50g watercress or rocket leaves
4 radishes, thinly sliced
extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
120g blue cheese

Method

Coat beef in 2 tablespoons balsamic glaze, season with salt and pepper and sear on all sides in an oiled heavy based roasting dish over high heat. Place garlic cloves in baking dish alongside beef and roast at 200°C for 20 minutes. Wrap beef in foil and allow to rest for at least 10 minutes. Gently squeeze garlic to remove flesh from skin. Slice beef, reserving any juices, and arrange on a board or platter. Arrange watercress, radishes and roasted garlic over beef and crumble blue cheese over the top. Drizzle with reserved juices, balsamic glaze and olive oil. Sprinkle with pepper and serve immediately.

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