Pan-Seared Angus Tenderloin by Chef Jean Michel

Ingredients

  • 20 g black truffles
  • 20 ml Malaysian palm oil

Method

  1. Grate black truffles
  2. Bring Malaysian palm oil slowly to a boil.
  3. Transfer to a nice glass bottle and let it infuse for at least a week.

Cook the vegetables

  • 50 g shallots
  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g sugar
  • 400 g potatoes
  • 100 ml milk
  • 2 ml truffle-infused palm oil
  • 2 baby carrots

Method

  1. Peel, wash and cut the shallots. Start the confit cooking process with butter and sugar.
  2. Peel, wash and cut the potatoes. Blanch until soft and mash them with a potato masher.
  3. Whisk the puree in a bowl. Pour in gradually the hot milk and truffle infused palm oil. Season.
  4. Peel, wash and blanch the baby carrots. Refresh and glaze before plating.

Pan sear Angus tenderloin

  • 400 g angus tenderloin
  • 150 ml palm oil
  • 20 g butter
  • 5 g alfalfa sprout
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste

Method

  1. Put some palm oil on a black skillet. Set the stove on the maximum heat. When the oil start to smoke cook the tenderloin and add a knob of butter at the end for the taste.
  2. Rest on a rack for 4 to 5 minutes.

Presentation

  1. Dress the mash potatoes, dispose a bed of shallots confit for the tenderloin.
  2. Dispose some alfalfa sprout on the top of tenderloin, then put on the side of mash potatoes and tenderloin the glazes baby carrots.