Ingredients:

6 oz. Filet Mignon

Coarsely cracked peppercorns

Olive Oil

Potato - sliced

Garlic - chopped

Red Onion - chopped

Sliced Mushrooms

Carrot - sliced

Whole Tomato - chopped

Dash of Brandy or Cognac

Directions:

Pat the steak with cracked peppercorn. Heat olive oil in a pan.

Sear steak for 3 minutes on each side. Add salt and pepper.

Add sliced potato, and stir. Add carrot, onion, and pinch of garlic, and stir.

Add a little salt and pepper, mushrooms, and stir. Add fresh chopped tomato.

Pull pan off of flame, add Brandy or Cognac (2 circles around pan) in swirling motion.

Take back to the stove, step back, and flame the Brandy. Wait till alcohol burns off.

Transfer to a roasting pan. Arrange ragu (stew) around filet mignon. Cover with foil.

Cook 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven (for medium rare). Remove foil, plate and serve.

Bon Appetit!

Steak Au Pauve

The Riverwatch Restaurant (Middle River, MD)

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