Filet Mignon with Garlic Shrimp Cream Sauce

Description

I am a big fan of combining steak and seafood. This is a cheaper option than a jumbo lump crabmeat recipe I enjoy as well. Hope you find it tasty.

Ingredients

  • 2 (4 ounce) 1 1/2 inch thick filet mignon steaks
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large shallot, minced
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • ¼ cup Chardonnay wine
  • ½ pound uncooked shrimp – peeled, deveined, and cut into 3 pieces
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat a heavy steel or cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Brush both sides of each filet with 1 tablespoon olive oil
  2. and sprinkle with salt. Gently place the filets into the hot skillet
  3. and cook until they start to become firm and are reddish-pink and juicy in the center
  4. about 3 to 4 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). Set the filets aside to rest
  5. covered loosely with foil.
  6. Melt 2 tablespoons butter with 2 tablespoons of olive oil in the skillet over medium heat until the foam subsides from the butter. Cook and stir the shallot and garlic until tender
  7. about 2 minutes. Pour in the wine
  8. and cook and stir until the wine reduces by half
  9. about 3 minutes.
  10. Stir in the shrimp
  11. cream
  12. 1 tablespoon of butter
  13. and a pinch of salt and pepper to taste. Cook and stir until the sauce is thickened and velvety and the shrimp are pink
  14. about 2 minutes.
  15. To serve
  16. place filets on serving plates
  17. and top each with half the shrimp sauce. Sauce will thicken slightly as it cools.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 2

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