Publication-approved historical recipe
Fillet of beef with mashed potato and vegetables
Celebrity Come Dine with Me — 2006 Special · Night 4 · Toby Young
Ingredients
- Fillet of beef
- Potatoes, for mash
- French beans
- Sweetcorn on the cob
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
- Butter
Method
- Bring the beef toward room temperature before cooking. Heat the oven to 220°C.
- Coat and season the beef, then sear it on every side in a hot roasting tray.
- Transfer to the oven, reduce the temperature to 180°C, and cook to the preferred doneness. Rest for 10 minutes before serving.
- Prepare a smooth mashed potato and keep it warm.
- Cook the beans briefly, cool them to stop further cooking, then reheat with butter and seasoning before serving.
- Boil the sweetcorn for about 5 minutes, cut the kernels from the cob, and reheat with butter and seasoning.