Blue Cheese And Cress Beef Wellingtons With Broiled Tomatoes Parsley Dill Potatoes And Broccolini Spears Recipes

PARSLEY-DILL POTATOES

Steps:

• Using a peeler or a paring knife, peel a 1/2-inch strip around the circumference of each potato. Fill a large saucepan with cold water. Add the potatoes and place them over high heat. Boil potatoes until fork tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and place the potatoes back into the pan on the burner for 30 seconds to dry them out. Add the butter and toss in the herbs. Season the potatoes with salt and pepper.

BLUE CHEESE BEEF WELLINGTONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Pat the meat dry and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Drizzle the oil into medium skillet and wipe it around with a folded paper towel.
• Add the beef and brown over medium heat, until it becomes a deep reddish brown, about 3 minutes.
• Turn the beef and brown for about 2 minutes more (this is for rare to medium-rare, cook a little longer in the skillet if you like your meat cooked more).
• Turn off the heat, then remove the meat to a plate and reserve.
• Sprinkle flour on work surface and roll out dough a little, then cut into 2 pieces.
• Pile a little blue onto the pastry and then top with a piece of meat.
• Wrap the dough around the filling using the eggwash as a glue to keep it stuck together and cut a small vent in the top of each parcel.
• Cover a baking sheet with parchment, arrange the parcels on the baking sheet and brush them again with the egg wash, using a pastry brush.
• Bake until deep golden, about 12 minutes.
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the parcels rest.

BROILED BLUE CHEESE AND BACON TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500. Line a small rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• In a small bowl, combine cracker crumbs, blue cheese, bacon, and green onion. Add butter, stirring to mix well. Place tomatoes, cut sides up, on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle tomato halves evenly with salt and pepper. Divide cracker mixture evenly amoung tomato halves.
• Broil, 5 inches from heat, for 6 to 8 minutes, or until lightly browned.

BLUE CHEESE BROILED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cut stems off tomatoes and cut each tomato into 2 think slices (in half).
• Put on broiler rack.
• Combine sugar, basil, salt and pepper and sprinkle little of mixture on each tomato slice.
• Add bread crumbs to melted butter and toss lightly with a fork.
• Add blue cheese and toss again lightly.
• Spoon on tomato slices and slip under broiler until crumbs are nicely browned, about 1 minute.
• Serve Immediately.