Beef fillet with cheesy crust and pineapple

Total: 1 hr 20 min. | Active: 45 min.

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Florian from FOOBY-Team

Ingredients

for 4 person

Cheesy crust
150 g blue cheese (e.g. Gorgonzola)
50 g panko breadcrumbs or normal breadcrumbs
fresh egg yolk
a little  pepper
Fry the meat
1 tbsp olive oil
beef fillet medallion 4.00 beef fillet medallions (each approx. 180 g and 3 cm thick)
½ tsp salt
Pineapple slices
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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