Mouthwatering Recipes

Yorkshire Blue Beef with Blue Cheese and Whisky Sauce

Yorkshire Blue Beef with Yorkshire Blue and Whisky Sauce (Recipe Courtesy of Brian Turner and Shepherds Purse Cheeses)

 

Ingredients

• 6oz Yorkshire Blue Cheese
• 4 x 6oz Fillet Steaks
• 2 Chopped shallots
• 2floz Whisky
• 1 Glass white wine
• 1/4pt Chicken stock
• 1/4pt Double cream
• 12oz Green cooking beans
• 2oz Butter
• Clove of garlic
• 12oz Potatoes
• 2tbsp Oil
• 1tsp Fresh thyme
• Salt & pepper

Cooking Instructions

1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in griddle pan, cook steaks, keep underdone, take out and keep warm.
2. Put in chopped shallots and cook slowly, do not colour.
3. Add Whisky and ‘flambé’.
4. Extinguish by adding white wine and reduce by 1/3.
5. Add chicken stock and reduce by ½.
6. Add double cream and reduce.
7. Take from the heat, put diced cheese into sauce and allow to melt.
8. Meanwhile cut potatoes into ¼’s diced.
9. Fry in 1tsbsp oil and 1oz butter until cooked and golden brown, when cooked, remove most of fat, add rubbed thyme and season.
10. At the same time melt 1oz butter.
11. Sweat crushed garlic, add green beans and reheat, season.
12. Serve the steaks served over the green beans.
13. Pour the sauce over the steaks and potatoes around.