Filet Mignon with Cranberry Sauce

This filet mignon with cranberry sauce sounds complicated, but it's not! Served with a sauce of cranberries that make a dish with a wonderful combination of flavors.

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 4 beef steaks

• 1 orange

• 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries

• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger

• 1 thyme sprig, plus extra to garnish

• 1 tsp Dijon mustard

• 2/3 cup white wine

• 2 tsp olive oil

• 2 shallots, finely chopped

• 2 cloves of garlic, sliced

• salt and black paper

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Method

TO MAKE THE CRANBERRY SAUCE

1. Pare the rind from the orange, then cut into very fine strips. Blanche the strips in a small pan of boiling water for about 5 minutes, until tender. Drain the strips and refresh under cold water.

2. Squeeze the juice from the orange, then pour into a small pan. Add the cranberries, ginger, thyme sprig and mustard.. Cook over low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries are just tender.

​PREPARE THE FILLET MIGNON

​3. Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan, add the steak and cook over high heat for 2-3 minutes.

4. Turn over the steaks and add the wine and the shallots to the pan. Cook the steaks on the other side for 5-6 minutes on whether you like rare or medium-cooked meat.

​​5, Just before the end of cooking, pour in the sauce and add the strips of orange rind. Allow the sauce to bubble for a few seconds to thicken slightly. Adjust the seasoning to taste.

Enjoy!

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