Beef Medallions with Fresh Horseradish Sauce

Name: Beef Medallions with Fresh Horseradish Sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 170 grams beef top sirloin steaks; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 473 milliliters quartered cherry tomatoes; 79 milliliters creme fraiche; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives, divided; 2 Tbsps freshly grated raw horseradish, or to taste; 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar; 0 teaspoons salt, or to taste; 2 servings salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 3 Tbsps water; 0 teaspoons white sugar

Beef Medallions with Fresh Horseradish Sauce might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 2. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 341 calories, 21g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. If you have rice wine vinegar, cayenne pepper, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes.

Instructions

Place cherry tomatoes into a bowl and season with black pepper, salt, and sugar. Stir in rice wine vinegar.

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Rice Vinegar

Cherry Tomato

Black Pepper

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Let stand about 15 minutes to let flavors blend.

Stir 2 tablespoons horseradish into creme fraiche in a small bowl; season with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Refrigerate until needed.

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Creme Fraiche

Horseradish

Salt

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Bowl

Cut steaks in half across the grain and pound each piece to about 3/8 inch thick. Season each side generously with salt, black pepper, and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

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Cayenne Pepper

Black Pepper

Steak

Grains

Salt

Lay steaks onto a work surface and sprinkle each piece lightly with flour. Pat the flour into the meat. Repeat on other side.

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Steak

All Purpose Flour

Meat

Let meat rest for 10 minutes to let flour adhere.

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All Purpose Flour

Meat

Place a heavy skillet over medium-high heat, pour in vegetable oil, and heat until small wisps of smoke are visible rising off the oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Lay steaks into the hot oil (meat should sizzle) and sear until browned, about 2 minutes per side. When you see beef juices accumulate on the surface of the meat, flip and brown the other side, about 2 minutes more.

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Steak

Beef

Meat

Cooking Oil

Transfer to a plate and let rest for about 2 minutes.

Pour excess oil from the skillet and pour water into the skillet. Scrape up and dissolve any browned meat juices from the bottom of the skillet; continue to cook until slightly thickened, about 30 seconds.

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Water

Meat

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Pour pan juices over tomatoes and stir to combine.

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Tomato

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Frying Pan

Divide about half the tomato mixture with juice per serving into the bottom of 2 large soup plates. Top each with 2 beef medallions and a spoonful of horseradish cream. Grate about 1/2 teaspoon horseradish over each serving and top with about 1 teaspoon of chives.

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Horseradish Sauce