FILLET STEAK WITH A BLUE CHEESE CRUST SERVED WITH CRUSHED ANYA POTATOES
FILLET STEAK WITH A BLUE CHEESE CRUST SERVED WITH CRUSHED ANYA POTATOES
FILLET STEAK WITH A BLUE CHEESE CRUST SERVED WITH CRUSHED ANYA POTATOES

Ingredients
  • 150g/5½ oz Anya potatoes
  • 2 tsp butter
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley
  • 1 slice of bread
  • crust removed
  • 30g/1oz blue cheese
  • 4 sage leaves
  • 100g/3 ½oz fillet steak
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp butter
  • 1 garlic clove
  • chopped
  • 2 tbsp red wine
  • 55g/2oz wild mushrooms
  • 3-5 baby carrots
  • tops trimmed
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley
Directions
  • Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Bring a saucepan of salted water up to the boil. Add the potatoes and boil until tender.
  • Drain the potatoes and place into a bowl. Add the butter and mash together. Stir through the parsley. Keep warm.
  • Place the bread
  • blue cheese and sage leaves into a food processor and blend together. Press the cheese mixture onto one side of the steak. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Heat the olive oil in an ovenproof frying pan over a high heat and fry the steak
  • crust side up
  • until brown on the bottom. Transfer into the oven to finish cooking for four minutes.
  • Heat the oil and butter in a frying pan. Add the garlic and cook for one minute.
  • Add the red wine and cook to reduce the wine by half. Add the mushrooms and simmer for two minutes. Add the baby carrots and simmer for a further three minutes. Stir through the chopped parsley.
  • To serve
  • place the mash into the centre of a serving plate
  • place the steak on top and drizzle over the sauce.