How to Cook Beef Fillet Tails & Garlic Mushrooms

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  • Cook time
  • Difficulty medium
  • Serves 2
cooked beef fillet tails with garlic mushrooms

Ingredients

  • 2 x 200g fillet tails
  • 20ml light olive oil or rapeseed oil
  • PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS WITH GARLIC
  • 300g Portobello mushrooms
  • 30ml rapeseed oil
  • 20g unsalted butter
  • 1 clove garlic peeled & crushed
  • 2 x shallots peeled & diced
  • Handful parsley leaves finely chopped
  • Sea salt to taste
  • Ground black pepper

How to Cook Beef Fillet Tails & Garlic Portobello Mushrooms

  1. Preheat your heavy based frying pan, wok or griddle until it sizzles when you add a drop of oil
  2. Season the meat just prior to cooking
  3. Lightly oil the cooking utensil
  4. Place the meat in the pan, don't overcrowd the cooking base
  5. Cook over high heat turning the steak on all sides for 3 to 4 minutes in total to produce a nice rare piece of meat
  6. If using slices, quickly fry on all sides for 1 to 2 minutes, as soon as the steak is coloured its ready
  7. Finish by adding a large knob of butter
  8. Leave to rest in a warm place for 2 to 3 minutes

Portobello Mushrooms with Garlic

  1. Clean the mushrooms with by wiping with kitchen paper
  2. Remove the tough stem
  3. Griddle the mushrooms in the oil and butter over a medium heat
  4. Add the garlic and shallot to the pan then cook gently for another minute or so
  5. Finish with fresh chopped parsley