Crunchy filet mignon with Emmental de Savoie on a bed of polenta
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Cheese :
Emmental de Savoie
Dish type :
Main
Season :
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
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Ingredients - for 4 persons
600g pork tenderloin
150g softened butter
100g fine breadcrumbs
150g Emmental de Savoie
250g medium polenta
1 cube vegetable stock
25g butter
100g Emmental de Savoie
Preparation
Slice the filet mignon into medallions 3cm thick. Add salt and pepper.
Fry for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Set aside.
Form a ball with the softened butter, breadcrumbs and Emmental de Savoie grated into shavings, and use this to cover the filet mignons with a layer 1/2 cm thick.
Preheat the oven in the grill position at a hot temperature. Place the filet mignons on the beds of polenta, and arrange on a baking tray. Cook for 4 minutes and serve.
Preparation of the polenta: Blanch the polenta in a saucepan with some butter. Pour warm vegetable stock over it and stir for 15 minutes. At the end of the cooking time, add the grated Emmental de Savoie, and the salt and pepper. Leave to cool and cut up the polenta into medallions, using a cookie cutter.