Beef With Brandy And Mustard Recipes

BEEF TENDERLOIN STEAKS WITH MUSTARD-COGNAC SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250°F. Sprinkle steaks on all sides with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add steaks and sear until brown, about 2 minutes per side. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add 3 tablespoons butter, garlic, thyme, and rosemary to skillet. Cook steaks to desired doneness, turning occasionally and basting with pan juices, about 12 minutes for medium-rare.
• Transfer steaks to small rimmed baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
• Pour contents of skillet into small bowl. Return 3 tablespoons drippings from bowl to same skillet and place over high heat. Add shallots and sauté 2 minutes. Add Cognac and Port and stir 1 minute, scraping up any browned bits. Add broth and boil until sauce is reduced to 1 cup, about 12 minutes. Whisk in Dijon mustard, then remaining 3 tablespoons cold butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Arrange steaks on plates; whisk any accumulated juices from baking sheet into sauce. Spoon sauce over steaks and serve.

FILET OF BEEF WITH MUSTARD-CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy, cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add steaks and cook to desired doneness, about 4 minutes per side for rare.
• Add mustard, Worcestershire Sauce and shallot to skillet.
• Season with pepper.
• Add brandy and ignite.
• When flames subside, return to heat.
• (or just cook down a couple of minutes) Transfer steaks to plates.
• Add cream to skillet and boil until reduced to thin sauce consistency, about 2 minutes.
• Pour over steaks and serve.

BEEF TENDERLOINS WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat steaks with pepper on both sides. Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium heat until very hot. Sear steaks for 5 minutes on each side, then transfer to oven to finish cooking, about 8 minutes for medium rare. Transfer to a plate to rest while you make the sauce.
• In the same skillet that steaks were cooked in, cook shallots in oil over medium heat until translucent, 6 minutes. Add brandy, and cook, stirring constantly, until reduced to 1 tablespoon, 1 minute. Stir in mustard and cream. Bring to a simmer and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve sauce alongside the steaks.

BEEF WITH BRANDY AND MUSTARD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• In a Dutch oven or deep skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add meat and brown on all sides.
• Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels and drain off all the fat in the pan.
• Return the pan to the heat and deglaze immediately with the brandy, stirring to scrape up any browned bits in the bottom.
• Cook until the brandy is reduced to a syrupy glaze.
• Stir in stock, mustards, honey, shallots, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, juniper berries, and bay leaf and bring to a boil.
• Return the meat to the pan, cover tightly and place in the oven.
• Bake, turning the meat every 30 min, for 1 1/2 2 hours, or until very tender.
• Remove bay leaf and season the sauce with pepper.
• Cut the meat into thin slices, arrange on a platter, and spoon the sauce over.