INGREDIENTS
4 Beef Eye Fillets (wide cut or purchase an eye fillet and cut wide yourself)j
7 Parsnips (peeled and chopped)
1/4 Cup Coconut Cream
Garlic (crushed and finely diced)
1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil
500 ml Parsnip Stock
Salt
Ground Pepper
Flower Petals (garnish)
METHOD
Place parsnips in a large saucepan of salted water and boil until tender. Drain and set aside the parsnip stock.
In a large hot fry pan add Coconut Oil, Salt and Pepper, Garlic and then sear Fillets on all sides. Cook for approximately 6 minutes basting with Parsnip stock when Fillets stick to pan bottom. Remove and place Fillets on oven tray and cook in a 200 degree Celsius oven for a further 5 minutes. Add remaining Parsnip stock to frying pan and gently cook until all the meat lifts from the base of the pan. Salt and Pepper to taste. Serve Jus in small bowls or espresso cups with the meal.
While Fillets are in the oven, mash the parsnip with Coconut milk. Arrange Fillets and Parsnip mash on serving plates, place Jus cup on the plate and sprinkle Flower petals around plate edge. Serve with crisp green Salad. Serves 4 people.
Eye Fillet Parsnip Mash and Jus