Tournedos de Boeuf à la Moscovienne

Ingredients

• a nice piece of tender loin or sirloin of beef
• half a sliced onion
• half a sliced carrot
• a gill of white wine
• a gill of brown stock
• half a pint of Espagnole sauce
• a dessertspoonful of grated horseradish
• a pinch of caster sugar
• an ounce of fresh butter
• a small bunch of savoury herbs

Method

1. 1

   Choose a nice piece of tenderloin or sirloin of beef, remove all sinews and fat, cut into even-sized oblong slices, flatten slightly, and lard with strips of bacon, ham, and truffles.

2. 2

   Place in a stewpan, cover with bacon, onion, carrot, and herbs.

3. 3

   Season, moisten with wine and stock, cover, and cook briskly for 15-20 minutes.

4. 4

   Drain, remove bacon, add Espagnole sauce and horseradish, reduce, strain, and finish with sugar and butter.

5. 5

   Glaze and dish up the tournedos, garnish with mushrooms and stuffed onions, pour sauce over garnish, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 237. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ournedos de JBoeuf d la Moscovienne. — Choose a nice piece of tender loin or sirloin of beef, remove all the sinews and fat, cut it into even-sized oblong slices, flatten a little with the cutlet- bat, and lard them with small strips of larding-bacon, raw ham, and truffles, so that they are inserted in alternate rows. Place the tournedos in a flat stewpan, cover them with a few slices of fat bacon, add half a sliced onion, half a sliced carrot, and a small bunch of savoury herbs (No. 2). Season with pepper and salt, moisten with a gill of white wine and a gill of brown stock (No. 87). Cover and cook briskly over the fire from fifteen to twenty minutes. Drain the tournedos, remove the bacon, add half a pint of Espagnole sauce (No. 236), and a dessertspoonful of grated horseradish to the fond. Let all reduce well and strain into a small stewpan. Remove all fat, and finish the sauce with a pinch of caster sugar and an ounce of fresh butter

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