Loin of Beef with Watercress Puree

Name: Loin of Beef with Watercress Puree
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams beef top loin; 1 Tbsp butter; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley; 2 fat cloves garlic, minced; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 198 grams wild mushrooms (try chanterelles, cepes, oyster mushrooms, or cremini); 3 Tbsps olive oil; 4 servings Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 237 milliliters ounces spinach leaves (about; 710 milliliters 10 ounces watercress leaves (about

Loin of Beef with Watercress Puree might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 258 calories, 8g of protein, and 24g of fat. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up heavy cream, watercress leaves, parsley, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet.

Instructions

First, make the sauce. Put a pan of salted water on to boil. Push in all the watercress and boil for 5 minutes.

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Watercress

Sauce

Water

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Add the spinach and cook for another minute or so until wilted.

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Spinach

Drain in a colander. Press with the back of a ladle to extract as much moisture as possible.

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Extract

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Ladle

Put the leaves in a food processor and blend to a fine puree, scraping down the sides occasionally.

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Pour 1/4 cup of the cream through the processor funnel and keep the blades whirling for what seems like an eternity. You will eventually get a sauce with a texture like silk. It will be so smooth, you will not need to pass it through a sieve. If you want a pouring sauce, add the remaining cream. Check the seasoning, and pour into a small saucepan for reheating.

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Seasoning

Cream

Sauce

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Cut the beef loin into 4 even steaks and rub each side using 1 tablespoon oil.

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Steak

Beef

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Heat a heavy, non-stick frying pan until you can feel a good heat rising.

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Lay in your steaks-they should give a good hiss as they hit the hot pan. Season the tops and cook for about 3 minutes, then flip over and cook the other side for 2 minutes. Slip the butter into the pan at this stage and season the second side.

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Butter

Steak

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Remove the steaks from the pan and leave to rest while you cook the mushrooms.

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Mushrooms

Steak

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Saute the mushrooms with the garlic in the remaining oil. Season and mix with the parsley.

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Mushrooms

Parsley

Garlic

Cooking Oil

Reheat the watercress puree.

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Watercress

Place the steaks on warmed plates (sliced first if you like), trickle any pan juices over, and spoon on the mushrooms. If your watercress puree is firm, shape it into quenelles. If it is a sauce, spoon some over the steaks and pass the rest separately.

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Watercress

Mushrooms

Steak

Sauce

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Serve whatever accompaniment you like to eat steak with. Fries are great, or why not try slices of really fresh baguette?

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Baguette