Fillet Steak with Spinach & Asparagus

 

 

This is my Dad’s recipe for simple iron-filled fillet steak with spinach and asparagus.

Over to Dad:

Ensure you buy quality fillet steaks from your butcher.

Ingredients:

• 2 beef fillet steaks (each about 140g/5oz)
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp cracked black pepper
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 300g fresh spinach
• 6 asparagus
• small bunch flat-leaf parsley

Method:

Rub the fillet steaks with half the olive oil and sprinkle black pepper and sea salt. Heat a griddle pan until hot, and cook the steaks to your preference (2 mins each side for rare, 3 mins, medium rare, 4 medium, 5 mins for well done).

Leave the steaks to rest for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile in separate pans, boil the spinach in lots of salted boiling water for 3 minutes and the asparagus for 5 minutes. Drain and drizzle with the remaining olive oil and sea salt. Serve with the steaks and garnish with parsley.

Fillet steak recipe ©George Psarias.

Photograph©Peter Broadbent.