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Maggie Beer

Slow-cooked Beef Fillet with Crushed Black Pepper and Balsamic


Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients

  • 1 × 1-1.2 kg beef fillet (coorong angus beef), sinew trimmed
  • 1 tablespoon crushed black pepper corns
  • 2 teaspoons rosemary, roughly chopped
  • 2 teaspoons thyme, roughly chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 3-4 fresh bay leaves
  • ¼ cup vino cotto or balsamic vinegar
  • Sea salt
  • Extra virgin olive oil, for cooking

Method

  1. Tuck the skinny tail end of the beef under the fillet, then secure with kitchen string. Tie the rest of the fillet at 4 cm intervals to create an even shape and width from one end of the fillet to the other. Place in a roasting pan.
  2. Mix pepper, rosemary and thyme and rub all over beef, then top with garlic and bay leaves.
  3. Carefully pour over vino cotto, cover with plastic film and leave in the refrigerator to marinate for a couple of hours or overnight, turning occasionally.
  4. Remove fillet from refrigerator and leave for 1 hour to come to room temperature.
  5. Preheat fan-forced oven to 70°C (158°F).
  6. Remove beef from marinade and pat dry with paper towel, then place in a clean roasting pan, drizzle with olive oil and roast for 4 hours.
  7. If you wish to sear the beef to give it a caramelised appearance, when you remove the beef from the oven rub it with a little salt, heat a splash of olive oil in a large frying pan over high heat then add beef and seal on all sides quickly until coloured. Remove from pan and leave to rest for 20–30 minutes. The beef will be beautifully pink all the way through.
  8. Cut into thick slices and serve.
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  • sally
    5 months ago

    if I triple the recipe to 6kilos of beef does that change the amount of time in the oven??

  • Coco Pazzo
    June 2011

    This recipe is amazingly similar to one published more than two years earlier at http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef/txt/s2030116.htm

  • Tony Briton
    February 2011

    Maggie - I am a fan of your cooking processes - I have done this twice as per the recipe yet find the result sends it beyond medium rare - is there a fix. What are you favourite vegetables and style of cooking them for this recipe. Cheers Tony

    • Emma52
      December 2011

      Depending on the thickness of the fillet, 4 hours could be too long. I do this (Neil Perry's recipe) with a 3 bone rib of beef but I have also done it with 5 bone ribs. The key is the centre temperature of the meat which should be 53 degrees(celcius). Don't work on the time, work on the temperature of your oven and the meat and you'll have the perfect result every time!

  • Catherine1010
    March 2010

    This is so delicious. Now passed onto the rest of my family.

  • Jessica3635
    December 2009

    I will have to try this! I may well try it in the webber!! mmmmm yum!

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