Bacon wrapped whole eye fillet
Decadent eye fillet recipe
8 - 10
Serves
40 mins
Prep Time
1 hr 20 mins
Cook Time
Recipe author
Andrew Clarke
Nothing beats quality beef eye fillet for your main course at an elegant dinner party. Bacon and hot mustard both give the beef extra flavour, while the inclusion of decadent truffle mash, brandied prunes, shiitake, pearl onion and roasted baby vegetables is sure to please!
Recipe courtesy of Greenlea Butcher Shop.
Nothing beats quality beef eye fillet for your main course at an elegant dinner party. Bacon and hot mustard both give the beef extra flavour, while the inclusion of decadent truffle mash, brandied prunes, shiitake, pearl onion and roasted baby vegetables is sure to please! Recipe courtesy of Greenlea Butcher Shop.
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Ingredients
Eye Fillet
1 whole Quality Mark beef eye fillet
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approximately 1.8 kg
3 Tbsp English mustard
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700g streaky bacon
Butcher’s string
Mash
1.5kg Agria potatoes
300g butter
150ml milk
white pepper
salt
2 Tbsp black truffle oil
Brandied Prunes
1 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds
250ml brandy
2 bay leaves
2 star-anise
1 cup raw sugar
400g prunes
pitted
1 cup water
Vegetables
300g pickling onions
2 Tbsp brown sugar
500g baby kumara
300g baby turnip
300g baby carrots
300g baby leeks
6 garlic cloves
crushed
5 Tbsp olive oil
300g shiitake mushrooms
cut in half
2 Tbsp butter
Method
For the Brandied Prunes
For the Eye Fillet
For the Potatoes
For the Vegetables
To serve
1
For the brandied prunes, place the prunes, water, brandy, mustard seeds, bay leaves and star anise in a saucepan and bring to boil.
2
Simmer gently for 10 minutes (it may go on fire as alcohol burns off).
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3
Add the sugar and simmer for a further 10 minutes, giving a gentle stir every few minutes. Set aside.
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Nutrition Information per Serving (651g)
This nutritional analysis was based on ten serves.
Energy
4565kJ (1091kCal kcal)
Protein
38.1g
Total Fat
65g
Saturated Fat
29g
Carbs
74.5g
Dietary Fibre
10.5g
Sodium
1007mg
Iron
5mg
Zinc
4.5mg
Vitamin B12
1.7µg
