Beef Palate Crépinettes tender and flavorful
Ingredients for 8 servings
- 4 trimmed beef cheeks
- 5.25 qt (5 liters) of broth
- 17.75 oz (500 g) peeled and sliced onions
- 1/2.1 qt (2 liter) of Béchamel sauce*
- 4 egg yolks
- 16 small squares of clean caul fat 6x6 cm
- salt, ground pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, germ removed, a pinch of nutmeg and a little powdered bay leaf
- A little oil and butter
Step-by-step recipe
The day before
1 Cook your beef cheeks in your broth (or add carrots, onions, leek and bouquet garni, salt and pepper) cook for 3 hours at very low boil, constantly skimming.
2 Meanwhile, in a saucepan melt a knob of butter and a little oil, add your onions, salt, pepper, add the garlic, a little nutmeg and the powdered bay leaf and let it stew for 45 minutes very gently, stirring constantly, then leave half in your saucepan and reserve the other on a small plate.
3 In the onions remaining in your saucepan add a little of your cooking broth and moisten to level, let reduce completely then off the heat and quickly pour in your egg yolks, stir well and transfer to a bowl, this will be your filling.
4 Your beef cheeks are cooked, remove the meat and cut into batons 5cm long by 2cm thick.
5 Prepare your béchamel then incorporate the remaining onions and cook for 20 minutes gently then transfer.
The next day:
6 Place your meat batons in the middle of each square of caul fat, add a small spoon of your filling on each one then roll your crépinettes.
7 In a large pan or on a griddle brown your crépinettes, removing the fat as you go until they have the appearance of a fried pastry, then place them on absorbent paper.
8 Bring your sauce to a boil, add 2 spoonfuls of fresh cream, taste the seasoning, there you have made a soubise sauce.
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