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Croquettes & Tenderloin

CHILDREN’S RECIPE: Carrot Croquettes and a Carrot Sauce
Carrot Croquettes:
Ingredients: 
1 Idaho Potato, baked, peeled and mashed
10 oz Carrots, peeled and cooked
2 tbsp Salt
Pinch of Nutmeg
2 Egg Yolks
4 oz Parmesan Cheese, grated
8 oz Panko Bread Crumbs
2 cups Olive Oil

Method of Preparation: 
Cut carrots on a bias and cook in water until soft, then purée in a food processor. In a cheese cloth or clean linen place the carrot purée and ring out the moisture to make dry. Save the liquid for the sauce, along with 2 oz of the purée. Combine the mashed potato, carrot purée, cheese, egg yolks, nutmeg, and salt. Roll the mixture into a long roll about ½” in diameter. Then, cut in 1” pieces and dredge them in the bread crumbs. In a pot get the olive oil hot to fry the croquettes until brown and crispy. 

Carrot Sauce:
Ingredients: 
½ cup Carrot Juice
2 oz Carrot Purée and Carrot Liquid, from croquette recipe
½ oz Grated Ginger
2 oz Butter
1 oz Heavy Cream 
Salt to taste

Method of Preparation: 
In a hot small pan add carrot juice and carrot purée and liquid with ginger and cook until it comes to a boil. Wisk in butter and cream until smooth. Season with salt to taste.

Place croquettes on a plate with a small ramekin of sauce for dipping.


FAMILY RECIPE: Beef Tenderloin with Carrot Croquettes and a Carrot Salad
Beef Tenderloin:
Ingredients: 
5 oz filet Beef Tenderloin
1 oz Sea Salt
1 oz Fresh Lemon Thyme
3 oz Olive Oil

Method of Preparation: 
Rub beef with a little olive oil, lemon thyme, and salt. Let it cure for five minutes. In a hot pan add the olive oil and sear the tenderloin on both sides for one minute.

Carrot Salad:
Ingredients: 
1 Carrot, julienned
5 sprigs Parsley, chopped
1 Meyer Lemon, juice of
Coarse Sea Salt to taste

 
Method of Preparation: 
Slice the carrot very thin, then julienne. In a bowl, add the carrots, parsley, squeeze lemon and mix. Season with sea salt.

With a spoon wipe the plate with the sauce. Slice the Beef Tenderloin lay on the plate. Place the Carrot Croquettes around tenderloin and the Carrot Salad on top.