Fillet Steaks With Mock Bearnaise

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 steak fillets, cut 1 â½ inches thick
• 2 tablespoons oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 egg yolks
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut up
• 1 shallot, very finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon, â½ t dried

Recipe

• 1 let the fillet steaks sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• 2 heat the oil in a large skillet and when it is quite hot, add the steaks with salt and pepper to taste and cook over a fairly high heat, turning them every minute, until they are cooked for 6 minutes altogether (for rare), 8 minutes (for medium-rare), and 10 minutes (for well-done).
• 3 meanwhile, put the lemon juice and egg yolks in the container of a blender or food processor and add salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 melt the butter, turn on the machine, remover the insert cap, and drizzle the hot butter in a slow, steady stream.
• 5 when it is all incorporated, turn off the machine, add the chopped shallots and tarragon, and turn the machine on for less than 5 seconds just to combine them.
• 6 arrange a fillet steak on each plate and pour the mock bearnaise on the side of each steak.
• 7 serve immediately.