Carpetbaggers
From notyourmomma 17 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Supposedly a favorite of Diamond Jim Brady, made with a New York Strip. I like the filet version when my pockets are full like Diamond Jim's. adapted from the Vincent Price cookbook
Ingredients
- 1 stick of butter (Hey, Paula) shopping list
- 2 whole shallots, minced shopping list
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of minced fresh chives shopping list
- 1 tbsp of dry vermouth shopping list
- several grinds of fresh black pepper shopping list
- 1 pint of oysters, drained, allow two large one per person shopping list
- (add any remaining oysters to your potato soup and you have instant oyster stew) shopping list
- 1 tbsp of unsalted butter shopping list
- four thick (8 ounce each) filet mignon (try for two inches thick) shopping list
- teaspoon of black pepper shopping list
- Chopped fresh parsley shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat broiler.
- In a bowl, mix the room temperature stick of butter with the minced shallots, chives, vermouth and several grinds of black pepper.
- Blend and stir until completely incorporated.
- Melt the tbsp of unsalted butter in a heavy bottom skillet, add 8 oysters and cook for one minute. Remove from heat and cool.
- Make a slit in each side of a filet steak and stuff the oysters into the little pocket you just made.
- Sprinkle both sides with pepper.
- Broil 3 inches from the heat source for 4 minutes for the first side and 3 minutes of the second side for rare, Five on the first side and four on the second side for medium.
- Remove to platter and top each steak with a dollop of the softened seasoned butter and sprinkle with parsley.
- Serve immediately.
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Fillet Mignon stuffed with an oyster stuffing is wonderful.
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