Elegant Beef Blue

Name: Elegant Beef Blue
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 smalls asparagus spears; 118 milliliters beef consommé; 454 grams beef tenderloin steaks; 43 grams crumbled blue cheese; 1 Tbsp butter; 237 milliliters dry white wine; 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme; 118 milliliters half-and-half; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 0 teaspoons pepper; 0 teaspoons salt

Elegant Beef Blue is a gluten free and primal main course. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 360 calories, 29g of protein, and 20g of fat. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. If you have asparagus spears, pepper, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the dry white wine you could follow this main course with the White Wine Frozen Yogurt as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Rub steaks with chopped thyme, salt, and pepper.

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add oil.

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Butter

Cooking Oil

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Add steaks, and cook 1 to 3 minutes on each side or to desired degree of doneness.

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Steak

Remove steaks, and keep warm; reserve drippings in skillet.

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Steak

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Stir wine and consomme into drippings; increase heat to high. Cook, stirring often, until reduced to 1/2 cup. Stir in half-and-half, and cook, stirring constantly, until reduced to 1/2 cup or desired consistency. Keep warm.

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Consomme

Wine

Snap off tough ends of asparagus; remove scales with a vegetable peeler, if desired.

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Asparagus

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Cut spears in half, and place in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover and steam 8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Top steaks with asparagus, and sprinkle with cheese.

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Asparagus

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