filet mignon with rum butter?????

Bordello

Hi,
Has anyone tried filet mignon with rum butter????? Would our hi temps. still make this worthwhile????
Thanks, New Bob
( From: Jonathan's Big Batch O' Recipes)
4 servings
2/3 cup Puerto Rican dark rum
1 tbs. lime juice
4 beef tenderloin steaks
3 tbs. butter
1/4 cup minced shallots
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbs. minced parsley[p]Combine half of rum, shallots, lime juice and pepper in shallow dish. Add steaks, marinate 30-60 minuets. Turn once, sprinkle with salt.
Heat remaining rum, shallots, lime juice and pepper in small pan on preheated outdoor grill. Stir in butter a small piece at a time. Stir in parsley. Brush steaks with half of rum butter and grill 8-10 minuets. Turn, brush with remaining rum butter, grill another 8-10 minuets or until desired doneness.[p]Cooking times would have to be adjusted for the Mr. Egg depending on your preferred cooking temp.

Tim M

New Bob,[p]I am a purest with great meat like filet mignon. I do them a lot, I prefer sea salt and pepper.[p]The recipe sounds OK but that rum will burn because of the sugar. You might also get a lot of liquids smoking and you never know what that will be like, could get things fired up too much. I would try the marinate and leave it at that, maybe brush some on once.[p]Let us know.[p]Tim

Bordello

Tim M,
I have out of state company and the Mrs. wants to try something different. I appreciate your thoughts, will let you know the results. Think I may do mine plain, maybe a piece of maple honey bacon around it.

Spin

New Bob,[p]I also tend to be a purist with cooking steak, but that reads like it would be a nice change of pace. I would sear the marinated steaks first, then apply the sauce for the dwell. Heat the sauce to 160°F to remove the alcohol from the sauce as it will flare when being applied to the steaks. [p]Thanks for the recipe![p]Spin

Bordello

Spin,
My company is worried about the fat in the butter, what would you think about using some olive oil in place of it????? If yes, I probably would not need to heat the second part of it because I would not need to melt the butter. Maybe just marinate them, don't do the heated sauce thing and cook as I normally would.
Happy Egg-en
New Bob

J Appledog

New Bob, I think that it sounds wonderful. I'd try the recipe as is the first time. JCA

Bordello

J Appledog,
It's nice to see how each of us is different in our approach to food. I guess the only way to find out is trial and error. I will post later what I end up doing and how it turned out. ( at least in my opinion)
Happy Egg-en
New Bob the

Spin

New Bob,[p]Most of the fat in the meal comes from the meat. If I was to replace some of the butter with an oil, I would use canola oil to avoid the olive flavor. I would still do the sauce in the attempt to do the recipe justice and would heat it to evaporate the alcohol, soften the shallots and parsley, and render the mix of flavors the recipe provides.[p]You could certainly cook them with the marinade alone.[p]Spin

Mark

New Bob,
Never tried it, but can't wait to hear the outcome.
Mark