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🍽️ Filet steaks with green asparagus and herb hollandaise

929 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 kg white asparagus
• salt
• 1 pinch sugar
• chervil
• tarragon
• 200 g butter
• 4 egg yolks
• 8 tbsp asparagus cooking liquid
• salt
• pepper from the mill
• a few drops lemon juice
• 1 pinch sugar
• 4 fillets
• 2 tbsp clarified butter (for frying)

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the asparagus and cut off the woody ends.
2. 2. Fill a pot with water, add a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar, and bring it to a boil.
3. 3. Add the asparagus to the boiling water and cook for 10 to 12 minutes until tender-crisp.
4. 4. Remove the asparagus from the water with a ladle and keep it warm.
5. 5. Rinse the beef fillets briefly and pat them dry with a kitchen towel.
6. 6. Rinse the herbs (tarragon and chervil) briefly and shake them dry.
7. 7. Finely chop the herbs.
8. 8. Melt the butter in a small pot.
9. 9. Remove the white foam from the surface of the melted butter and discard it.
10. 10. Place the egg yolk, some asparagus cooking water, salt, and pepper in a bowl for a hot water bath.
11. 11. Whisk the mixture in the hot water bath until frothy.
12. 12. Stir the melted butter into the egg yolk mixture drop by drop.
13. 13. Fold the chopped herbs into the sauce.
14. 14. Season the sauce with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and a pinch of sugar.
15. 15. Heat some fat in a frying pan.
16. 16. Fry the steak fillets for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
17. 17. Season the steaks with salt and pepper.
18. 18. Serve the steak fillets with the asparagus and the hollandaise sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 929
• Protein: 68 g · Fett/Fat: 68 g · Carbs: 13 g