Treat your “Love” to a gourmet dinner at home this Valentine’s Day!
Nothing could be more romantic than cooking a beautiful meal for someone special. When you cook for someone it truly shows that you care.
That being said…cooking a steak perfectly can be intimidating. Well, the wonderful thing about a filet mignon is that it cooks quickly and will stay juicy, if you sear it in a cast iron or stainless skillet and then transfer it to the oven to finish cooking.
I promise you…this is super simple!
Click through the gallery for step by step instructions:
Follow the link below if you’d like to make the oven baked frites….they are the perfect compliment to this steak.
The Butcher sent me home with these beautiful Prime Filet Mignon Steaks (about inch and a quarter thick). I used fresh ground salt and pepper to season them well, on both sides.
Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit. On the stove top heat your cast iron or stainless skillet over medium high heat. (about 3-4 minutes) Add one tablespoon of butter and one or two tablespoons of olive oil.
When the butter has melted, add the steaks to sear about 4 minutes per side.
Take another minute or so to sear each edge of the steak in the butter.
Transfer the entire skillet to the oven to finish cooking. About another 10 minutes depending on the thickness of your steaks. These were about inch and a quarter thick.
Everyone seems to have their own preference for steak doneness . I removed these steaks from the oven at 135 degrees and found that they were medium rare….so use your judgment, but definitely use a meat thermometer to monitor the internal temperature. (about 140 for medium, 145 for well)
When the filet has reached your desired doneness, set it on the counter for 5 minutes or so while you get the side dishes together.
A beautiful steak dinner for your Valentine:)
Serve with oven frites and your favorite steak sauce.
Chowfancy 
2 responses to “Valentine Steak and Frites”
Not much better than a little steak-frites! Looks really yummy!
Michaela
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Simple and delicious !!:)