Filet Mignon With Mushroom Sauce
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 2:56am

Ingredients




3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon white wine
2 filet mignons, each about 1 ½" thick
1 cup sliced mushrooms
Salt
pepper to taste
1 tablespoon brandy
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

1 Melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat in heavy duty skillet. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring, until mushrooms give up their water and brown lightly. 2 Sprinkle flour, salt and pepper over mushrooms. Cook and stir for 5 minutes. Stir in cream; heat to boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring until smooth, about 1 minute. Stir in brandy and white wine. Pour into bowl; cover. 3 Wipe out skillet. Add remaining tablespoon of butter and olive oil. Season steaks on both sides with salt and pepper. Add steaks to skillet. Cook over medium high heat, about 5-6 minutes on each side for rare. Remove steaks to serving dishes. Keep warm. 4 Put mushroom sauce into the same skillet the steaks were cooked in; heat through. Add a few drops more wine if needed to thin slightly. Pour over steaks. Servings 2.