Beef fillet with cheesy crust and pineapple
Ingredients
for 4 person
| 150 g | blue cheese (e.g. Gorgonzola) |
| 50 g | panko breadcrumbs or normal breadcrumbs |
| 1 | fresh egg yolk |
| a little | pepper |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| 4 | beef fillet medallion 4.00 beef fillet medallions (each approx. 180 g and 3 cm thick) |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| 2 | baby pineapple |
| oil for frying |
| 2 tbsp | liquid honey |
| ¼ tsp | dried crushed chilli pepper |
| 2 pinch | salt |
| 2 tbsp | thyme leaf |
How it's done
Cheesy crust
Cut the gorgonzola into cubes, crush with a fork. Add the panko breadcrumbs and egg yolk, season.
Spread the cheese mixture approx. 2 cm thick out on a piece of cling film, chill for approx. 30 mins.
Fry the meat
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Brown the medallions for approx. 3 mins. each side, remove from the pan, season with salt.
Pineapple slices
Peel the pineapple and cut it into pieces approx. 5 mm thick.
Heat a dash of oil in the same pan. Fry the pineapple slices in batches for approx. 4 mins. on each side. Remove, place in the dishes.
Coat the pineapple with honey, season. Place the meat on top.
Cut the cheese mixture into 4 pieces, spread over the meat, sprinkle thyme over the top.
Grill: Grill for approx. 5 mins. on the top shelf of an oven preheated to 240 °C (top heat or grill only).
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