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Beef Tenderloin à la Rossini

Luxurious whole-roasted beef tenderloin larded with truffle, marinated in Madeira, roasted wrapped in pork fat, then covered with a simmered white sauce with veal and onion, gratinated with Swiss cheese and Parmesan. Served with macaroni gratin with cheese, truffle and foie gras. From Erken's Stor kokebok 1914, pp. 170–171.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 170 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The Rossini tenderloin is one of the most luxurious dishes in Erken's meat chapter, with truffles, foie gras, and Madeira. The gratinated cheese sauce over the tenderloin shows how Norwegian gentry kitchens around 1914 followed the classic French cuisine.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Lard the tenderloin

    Cut out and clean the tenderloin, and lard it with long, narrow slices of truffle.

  2. 2

    Marinating

    Place the tenderloin in a deep dish, pour over the Madeira, and let it sit for 1 hour, turning it now and then.

  3. 3

    Roasting

    Cover the tenderloin with the pork fat slices, tie it with cooking twine, place it in a pan together with the wine, and roast it in a hot oven (200 °C (390 °F)) until done. Remove the pork fat.

  4. 4

    Base sauce

    Stir the butter and flour together, thin with the boiling milk, and bring it to a boil.

  5. 5

    Browning

    Cut the veal small and brown it in 20 g butter together with the onion. When the meat is nicely browned, add it to the white sauce along with the salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

  6. 6

    Simmering

    Let the sauce simmer gently over very low heat for 1 hour. Add the pan drippings from the tenderloin and let it simmer for another 15 minutes. Remove from the heat.

  7. 7

    Glazing

    Pour the sauce over the tenderloin, cover with the grated cheese and the melted butter, and put it in a strongly heated oven (250 °C (480 °F)) until a lightly browned crust quickly forms.

  8. 8

    Macaroni gratin

    Boil the macaroni, cut it up, and mix in the grated cheese, butter, truffle in strips, and foie gras in cubes.

  9. 9

    Plating

    Place the tenderloin on a warm oblong platter with lettuce and cress around it. Serve the macaroni gratin separately.

Changes from the original

Measurements have been converted to modern units (dl, g). "Pork fat" is interpreted as thin slices of fresh pork belly fat to wrap around the tenderloin, and "twine" as cooking twine. "Drippings" is the pan juice. Oven temperatures are estimated from "hot oven" and "strongly heated oven." The ingredient list from the narrow column has been split between the tenderloin and the sauce.

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1914 (korrekturlest, s. 170)1949 (korrekturlest, s. 199)~60% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til
2 kg. oksekam trøfler flesk ¼ 1/2 l. madeira 250 gr. makaroni 40 gr. reven ost 40 gr. smør 80 gr. gaaselever. Sausen: 30 gr. smør 35 gr. hvetemel 5½ del. kokende melk 1 teske salt 1 knivsod pepper 1 løk 1 knivsod muskat 30 gr. kalvekjøt 60 gr. schweizerost 60 gr. parmesanost 60 gr. smeltet smør 1¼ del. sky fra fileten. gåselever. Fileten utskjæres og spækkes spekkes med litt lange, smale trøffelskiver. Fileten lægges legges i et dypt fat og overheldes vinen og overhelles vinen, ligger i denne i 1 time, vendes; fileten 3 timer. Fileten beklædes derefter med flesket, surres med hyssing og lægges i pande med vinen; sættes settes i varm ovn. Naar Når den er færdigstekt, tages ferdigstekt, tas flesket væk, vekk, og fileten glasseres, glaseres, idet den først dækkes dekkes med følgende saus: 30 gr. smør 35 gr. hvetemel 5 1/2 del. kokende melk 1 teskje salt 1 knivsodd pepper 1 — løk 1 — muskat 120 gr. reven skarp ost 60 gr. smeltet smør 1 1/4 del. sky fra fileten. Smør og mel røres sammen, spædes spedes med den kokende melk, gives gis et opkok. — Kalvekjøttet skjæres smaat op og brunes i 20 gr. smør sammen med løken; naar kjøttet er pent brunt, heldes det op i den hvite saus, tilsættes salt, pepper og muskat og smaatrækker over ganske svak varme i 1 time; tilsættes nu skyen fra fileten, smaatrækker 1 kvarter. Sausen tages tas av ilden varmen og heldes helles over fileten. Sausen dækkes dekkes med den revne ost og det smeltede smør og sættes settes i saa sterkt ophetet ovn, at der hurtig kan dannes en let lett brunet skorpe over fileten. Fileten lægges legges op paa et varmt avlangt fat med salat og karse omkring. Den kokte makaroni skjæres op, tilsættes tilsettes den revne ost, smørret, smøret, de i strimler skaarne skårne trøfler og gaaseleveren, skaaret gåseleveren, skåret i terninger; denne stuing serveres særskilt til fileten.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the tenderloin sit in Madeira?
The tenderloin is larded with narrow slices of truffle, placed in a deep dish, and covered with ¼ liter of Madeira. It sits in the wine for 1 hour and is turned now and then.
Why is the tenderloin wrapped in pork fat?
The pork fat is tied around the tenderloin with twine before roasting in a hot oven, so the lean meat does not dry out. When the tenderloin is done, the pork fat is removed and the tenderloin is glazed with the sauce.
What do the sauce and accompaniments consist of?
The sauce is made from butter and wheat flour with 5½ dl boiling milk, salt, pepper, onion, nutmeg, a little veal, Swiss cheese, Parmesan, melted butter, and 1¼ dl drippings from the tenderloin. The dish also includes 250 g macaroni with grated cheese and butter, plus 80 g foie gras and truffles.
Where does the recipe come from?
From Henriette Schønberg Erken's Stor kokebok (1914), page 170. It serves 8 and takes about 3.5 hours in all.

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