How to Grill the Perfect Filet Mignon (With Scotch Butter)

Winter grilling, relying on the place you reside, can imply extraordinarily various things. For these fortunate sufficient to roast in board shorts and a T-shirt, effectively, good for you. The remainder of us should bundle up and brush snow off our grills (put a drink in your hand first, that ought to assist). Whatever your climate, you’ll need to fireplace up your grill; right here’s a recipe that’ll make even the coldest, shortest of winter nights appear rather less bleak. It includes two of the best eating pleasures on earth: pink meat and liquor.

Prep time: quarter-hour

Cook time: 12 to 14 minutes

Ingredients:
2 (6 oz) filets mignons
Salt and pepper
3 tbsp of salted butter – room temperature
1 tbsp of Scotch – we used The Singleton of Glendullan
½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp of finely chopped parsley

Steps to creating Scotch butter:
1. Put the butter in a small bowl
2. Add the Scotch, Worcestershire sauce, and parsley. Stir till mixed and clean
3. Lay down a chunk of waxed paper and spoon the butter right into a cylinder-shaped log
4. Wrap the butter up into the waxed paper after which twist the ends
5. Refrigerate till chilly (at the least 2 hours)
6. When prepared to make use of, take away from the wrapper and slice into ¼-inch thick medallions

Steps to creating filet mignon with Scotch butter:
1. Take your steaks out of the fridge and let sit at room temp for about half-hour
2. Preheat either side of the grill to excessive
3. Season the steak with salt and pepper. Do this proper earlier than you place the steaks on the grill

4. Reduce your warmth to medium-high. To cook dinner your steaks medium, go for 7 minutes on either side. For steaks on the medium-rare facet, intention for six minutes on one facet and 6 on the opposite. Remember, you’ll be able to at all times undercook after which proceed, however you’ll be able to by no means carry your steaks again to a rarer vary when you’ve put ‘em to the flame.

Top with the butter medallions for the ultimate minute of grilling.

Once you are taking your steaks off the grill, relaxation them for about 10 minutes (tenting with foil is non-compulsory). It’s simply sufficient time to step over to the mini-bar and pour a drink. Scotch is a simple name and in the event you’re considering, ‘Hmm, is that too much Scotch in one meal?’ then you definitely’d higher pour your self a double.

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