Warm Filet Mignon With Sesame Mayonnaise

Recipe Ingredients

2		Star anise
		(or 1/4 tspn five spice powder)
1/4 cup	59ml	Soy sauce
1		Garlic clove - minced
2 tablespoons	30ml	Brown sugar
2 tablespoons	30ml	Rice vinegar
2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Filet mignon - trimmed of fat,
		And tied
1 tablespoon	15ml	Prepared Dijon mustard
3/4 cup	177ml	Mayonnaise
2 tablespoons	30ml	Toasted sesame oil - (to 3 tbspns)
1		Watercress - stems removed
1/4 cup	59ml	Snipped fresh chives
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt - or to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
		Crushed red pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Place star anise, soy sauce, garlic, sugar and rice vinegar in a small skillet. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for a minute or until only 1/4 cup remains. Strain out star anise and reserve. If you are using five spice powder instead of star anise, add it to the liquid now. Let it cool while you boil the beef.

Bring 3 quarts water to a boil. Add beef and boil for 15 to 18 minutes (depending if you like it very rare or just rare). Remove the beef from water and let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes while you finish mayonnaise.

Mix cooled reduced star anise liquid with mustard and mayonnaise. Add sesame oil to taste, 1/2 teaspoon salt and crushed red pepper. Thin mayonnaise with just a teaspoonful of water to make it spreadable.

When the beef is cool, slice it vertically, with the grain, into 1/2-inch wide slices. Then slice the long slices, across the grain into 3-inch long by 1/2-inch wide strips. Spread some mayonnaise on a dinner plate. Center a clump of watercress in the center of your plate. Surround watercress with a wreath of beef slices and sprinkle meat with coarse salt, freshly ground black pepper and chives. Drizzle more mayonnaise on beef edges if you wish (or for a more professional look, transfer mayonnaise to squirt bottle to drizzle over beef edges).

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY with Michele Urvater - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # MF-6611 broadcast 01-10-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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