Filet Mignon

EggSimon

Hello to all,

cooked 2 filet mignons:



nice marbling:



salted:





seared:





waiting:



indirect with olive twigs:



resting:





no comment :

Fletch 'n Teggxas

Well done! I'm speechless....that looks incredible

LDD

looks great... nice job with the pictures

Longrifle

Very nice, how think were they?

ron4fish

I bet that melted in your mouth!!! It looks delicious!!

Beli

Simon, Great cuts, never done them indirect, how does it compare in taste with a direct cook?

EggSimon

Beli wrote:

never done them indirect, how does it compare in taste with a direct cook?

Beli, I seared it first direct to get a nice crust and finished indirect until 135 F internal. Thats the way I mostely cook steaks. Especially the filet mignon is quite lean and I think I will get a bit dry when only cooking direct.

wallyjar

Nice looking steaks and great tip

Tarpon65

Simon, those look terrific. What type of salt is that? Also those fillets are huge if that's an extra large egg. :woohoo:

Beli

Great!!! Buddy.

Hoss

Needs no comment.A pic is worth 1000 words. GREAT JOB!

EagleIII

#1 - Those looked AWESOME!
#2 - Help me understand the string.  Seems like I have heard something about that in the past, but I cannot remember what the reasoning was?  Does it keep the center from swelling up, like the thumbprint in the middle of a big ole thick burger?

MasterC

Nice, great pictorial. I  wish my phone had a scratch and sniff app. 

Mark_B_Good

Looks great! Did you add any butter to them, or just the simple method (rock salt ... which I love most of the time).

Carolina Q

Mark_B_Good said:

Looks great! Did you add any butter to them, or just the simple method (rock salt ... which I love most of the time).

I doubt he remembers or will answer. The cook was done 10 years ago and he hasn't been on here since.

Botch

Who are all those people?  

fishlessman

Botch said:

Who are all those people?  

if you dont remember beli, give this ago, any white fish works. i cook it with haddock and cod

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/593117/pescado-veracruzana-with-grouper

JohnInCarolina

These threads always crack me up.   As soon as I see the Photobucket pics, I check the year on the OP.  Dead giveaway of a zombie thread.  

SonVolt

Thankfully our collective searing ability has come a long way. 

fishlessman

atleast it stirred memories of a recipe i havent done in a while, that fish dish makes an incredible sub sandwich as leftovers. i would make it just for the sandwich

GATraveller

Those filets look like they came out of a can.

PigBeanUs

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

Who are all those people?  

if you dont remember beli, give this ago, any white fish works. i cook it with haddock and cod

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/593117/pescado-veracruzana-with-grouper

Beli was fantastic. Whatever happened to him?

fishlessman

GATraveller said:

Those filets look like they came out of a can.

they look just like vacuum plastic molded ones in the supermarket, black angus, no grade

fishlessman

PigBeanUs said:

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

Who are all those people?  

if you dont remember beli, give this ago, any white fish works. i cook it with haddock and cod

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/593117/pescado-veracruzana-with-grouper

Beli was fantastic. Whatever happened to him?

the whole group, both sides of the border seem to disappear pretty much the same time. his back yard is just about the best ive seen ever posted here, incredible spot

RRP

fishlessman said:

PigBeanUs said:

fishlessman said:

Botch said:

Who are all those people?  

if you dont remember beli, give this ago, any white fish works. i cook it with haddock and cod

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/593117/pescado-veracruzana-with-grouper

Beli was fantastic. Whatever happened to him?

the whole group, both sides of the border seem to disappear pretty much the same time. his back yard is just about the best ive seen ever posted here, incredible spot

I agree -  Beli lived/s in a mountain range there in Mexico and his home and yard ere gorgeous. He, his wife and daughters attended eggfests in Texas several years. As I recall he owned an auto salvage company and apparently was quite successful at it. 

Botch

fishlessman said:

PigBeanUs said:
Beli was fantastic. Whatever happened to him?

the whole group, both sides of the border seem to disappear pretty much the same time. his back yard is just about the best ive seen ever posted here, incredible spot

Ah.  You mention his yard in Mexico and NOW I remember him, and his cooks!