Yesterday I wanted to make something nice to eat for Marion and me, but without standing for more then a hour in the kitchen. And of course, there are more then enough options for that.
As I really like some good meat, I did go for some very nice tenderloins…
I baked the tenderloins for around 7 or 8 minutes in butter and olive oil (butter to give the meat a nice color and the olive oil for the better taste). This time makes them nicely medium baked, which Marion and I both prefer. After I baked them I wrapped them in aluminium foil for around 5 minutes. This will make them even more vivacious (wonder if that is a correct translation for the Dutch word “smeuïg”…).
In the still hot butter/oil I fried some oyster mushrooms. Just for a little. Not more then a minute.
Meanwhile I cooked some podded peas. As Miranda told me some time ago, I first boiled the water and then added some salt. If you do the other way around (putting salt in the cold water that you want to boil, which what I aways did) may give ugly spots in your pans and pots. BTW I uses with vegetables just a very salt and preferable sea salt.
Also I prepared some mini potatoes with parsley. I baked them in olive oil until they were nicely done.
For the tenderloins I made a red wine sauce. Which is very simple to do with some red wine, bouillon, butter, flower and pepper. I used a dry red wine, but as Miranda always says, don’t use an expensive wine for sauce (that would be the same as mixing an single malt whiskey with cola :P).
All done in 15 to 20 minutes 🙂
It was wonderful again, Rob. The meat was just as I liked it the most. And of course it is very nice to have dinner together at such a nicely decorated table.
Looks very well, Rob.
I love the new dishes. Just as you already said, use them only for when you have guests or when are having dinner with Marion. So it stays special to use them 🙂