Filets Mignons With Pesto And Grilled Tomatoes!

Prime Selection's Cooking Ideas: Filets

Mignons with Pesto and Grilled Tomatoes!

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This recipe is sure to make a fine meal to impress anyone! Try using kobe beef filet's for an ultimate tenderness you will never forget!


Ingredients:For the basil pesto:
3 garlic cloves
2 cups loosely packed fresh basil leaves
3 Tbs. pine nuts, lightly toasted
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
6 filets mignons, each 5 to 6 oz. and about
1 1/2 inches thick
6 toothpicks, soaked in water for 10 minutes and
drained (optional)
6 slices beefsteak tomato, each about 1/2 inch
thick
2 Tbs. olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste



Instructions:
To make the pesto, engage the motor of a food processor and drop the garlic cloves through the feed tube. When the garlic is minced, turn off the motor and add the basil and pine nuts. Process until finely chopped. With the motor running, pour in the olive oil in a steady stream to make a smooth, thick paste. Transfer the pesto to a small bowl and stir in the cheese by hand. You will have about 1 cup pesto. Measure 6 Tbs. for stuffing the steaks; reserve the remainder for another use.

Prepare a charcoal or gas grill for direct grilling over medium-high heat. Oil the grill rack.

Using a small, sharp knife, make a horizontal cut into one side of each steak, forming a pocket almost to the edges of the steak; take care not to cut all the way through. Using a small spoon, stuff 1 Tbs. of the pesto into each pocket. If necessary, secure the pocket with toothpicks. Brush both sides of the steaks and tomato slices with the olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.

Grill the steaks over the hottest part of a charcoal fire or directly over the heat elements of a gas grill, turning once, until nicely charred and cooked to your liking, 5 to 6 minutes per side for medium-rare.

While the steaks are cooking, place the tomatoes at the edges of a charcoal grill where the heat is less intense, or on an area of a gas grill with lower heat. Grill the tomato slices, turning once with a spatula, until just softened and lightly charred, 2 to 4 minutes per side.

Transfer the steaks to individual plates, placing each steak on or next to a tomato slice. Serve immediately. Serves 6.

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Adapted from Williams-Sonoma, Essentials of Grilling, by Denis Kelly, Melanie Barnard, Barbara Grunes & Michael McLaughlin (Oxmoor House, 2003).


Servings: 6


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