Griddled fillet of beef with blue cheese butter and sautéed mushrooms and cabbage Recipe

Griddled fillet of beef with blue cheese butter and sautéed mushrooms and cabbage Recipe

  • 1 x 100g/3½oz piece beef fillet
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 25g/1oz blue cheese, crumbled
  • 1 tbsp butter, softened
  • small handful fresh herbs, such as chervil, chives, parsley and sage, leaves only, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • knob of butter
  • ¼ savoy cabbage, roughly chopped
  • 1 Portabello mushroom, quartered
  1. For the griddled beef, rub the beef all over with olive oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  2. Heat a griddle pan until hot and cook the beef for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until cooked to your liking. Set aside and leave to rest.
  3. For the blue cheese butter, place all the blue cheese butter ingredients into a bowl and roughly mash with a fork until combined.
  4. For the sautéed mushrooms and cabbage, heat the oil and butter in a pan and gently fry the cabbage and mushroom pieces for 5-6 minutes, or until tender.
  5. To serve, place the cabbage and mushrooms onto a plate and top with the beef and a spoonful of the blue cheese butter. Drizzle over any meat juices from the pan.