Showing posts with label blue cheese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue cheese. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

#68 :: Blue Cheese Stuffed Fillets

These steaks were melt-in-your-mouth good! The blue cheese butter is the best! I can't wait to try it out on other dishes as well. Paired with the Roasted Grape Tomatoes and the Parmesan Roasted Asparagus, this was the perfect meal.



Ingredients

  • 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons coarse grey sea salt
  • 6 ounces Roquefort or Stilton cheese, cut into chunks
  • 4 to 6 ounces beef fillets, good quality and at least 2-inches high
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

In a food processor, pulse butter until whipped, and add salt and cheese. Pulse again just until incorporated. Dollop the compound butter towards 1 side of a piece of natural parchment paper or plastic wrap. Roll into a log, twisting opposite ways on both ends to create a tightly wrapped log of butter. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to set. (Can be stored up to 1 week in the refrigerator and up to 1 month in the freezer.) This could be made into 2 logs, as you will only need half this recipe for the steaks.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Once butter log is set, slice 1/2 the whole log into 1/4-inch disks. Cut a slit in the side of each fillet, and stuff with a butter disk. Tie each fillet with kitchen twine to keep it shape and sprinkle pepper each side.

Add the olive oil to a large oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, sear each fillet until brown on both sides, about 3 to 5 minutes per side. Move skillet into the preheated oven to cook to desired doneness. Put another disk of the compound butter on top of each fillet just about 3 minutes before removing from oven, to just begin to melt but not melted completely. Remove from the oven and place on serving plates. Eat and enjoy!


Makes 4 servings (Butter makes 8 servings)

Recipe from 5 Ingredient Fix from Food Network

Star Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Saturday, January 2, 2010

#7 :: Blue Cheese Burgers

This is my recipe for Blue Cheese Burgers. I read so many different recipes, and with the exception of a few burgers that contained everything but the kitchen sink, they all called for the same basic ingredients. So, I'm not following one certain recipe. I'm going to wing it!



Ingredients
  • (4) 1/3 pound sirloin burgers
  • 1/2 cup of bacon, cooked & chopped
  • (1) 6 oz. tub of blue cheese crumbles
  • (1) Plum Tomato, sliced
  • Romain lettuce
  • Dijon mustard
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Press blue cheese crumbles and chopped bacon into one of the sirloin burgers. Season with salt & pepper. Add a bit more blue cheese and chopped bacon to the top of the burger.

Place another burger on top of that, then press and seal the sides to hold in the blue cheese and bacon. Season both sides of the burger with salt & pepper. Cook over medium heat for 5-8 minutes per side, or until done. (They're done when the blue cheese starts to bubble out the sides and/or top).


Makes 2 burgers.

Recipe from Me. :)

Star Rating: 5 out of 5 stars