Port Marinated Porterhouse with Port Jus, Confit Artichoke & Ox Tail Rock, Carrot Cannelloni & Beetroot Tartlet Recipe

  • Difficulty
    Hard
  • Number of servings
    4

Nestlé Golden Chef's Hat Award 2018 National Finalists Dessert Recipe.

Ingredients
  • Porterhouse steak ea. 1
  • Oxtail kg 0.4
  • Large red beetroot ea. 2
  • Thyme bunch 1/8
  • Orange ea. 2
  • Brown sugar g 40g
  • Chervil bunch ½ bunch
  • Cinnamon g 60
  • Star anise g 1
  • Carrot ea. 4
  • Olive oil ml 100ml
  • Brown onion ea. 1
  • Vegetable oil ml 150
  • CHEF Reduced Veal Stock ml 500ml
  • MAGGI Classic Demi-Glace Sauce Mix g 100g
  • Jerusalem artichoke ea. 8
  • Red wine ml 250ml
  • Chives bunch ½ bunch
  • Shredded parmesan g 113
  • Plain flour g 340
  • Unsalted butter g 200
  • Salt g 100
  • Black kibbled pepper g 50
  • Almonds raw natural g 50
  • Micro red vein sorrel punnet 1/8
  • Port ml 400
  • White wine vinegar ml 100
Preparation
  • 1
    Trim Porterhouse and place into a cry vac bag with 200ml port and generous pinch of salt and seal. Place into the fridge to marinate
  • 2
    Cut the oxtail and sauté with diced onion and celery. Deglaze with red wine and the other 200ml port. Cook under pressure for 45 minutes. Debone and reserve oxtail meat
  • 3
    For the carrot cannelloni, thinly slice 2 carrots on a mandolin lengthways. Trim and layer the carrot on a sheet of baking paper. Place into a cry vac bag with white wine vinegar and seal. Steam at 100 degrees for 10-15 or until just cooked
  • 4
    Grate 2 carrots and sauté for 1 minute. Deglaze with a little bit of the veal stock and cook till tender. Season and fold through chopped chives and zest of half an orange
  • 5
    For the beetroot tartlet start by combining flour, parmesan and butter in the robot coupe. Blitz till breadcrumb consistency, add 2 tablespoons of water and pulse till a dough forms. Place it onto a floured bench and roll as thin as possible. Using a pastry cutter cut out circles and mould the pastry into tart shells. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm
  • 6
    Meanwhile peel and chiffonade one beetroot and place it into a cry vac bag with 60ml of orange juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and star anise. Steam at 100 degrees for 10 minutes
  • 7
    Sous vide beef at 53 degrees for 25 minutes
  • 8
    Peel the other beetroot and dice. Sauté in a frying pan with 50g of butter till caramelised. Deglaze with juice of half an orange and cook till tender. Blitz beetroot till a chunky puree forms. Season with salt, pepper and zest of half an orange. Set aside
  • 9
    Slice artichoke. Blanch and refresh half of the artichokes and set aside. Confit a quarter of the other half in olive and a pinch of salt. Cool, then add to the oxtail. Chiffonade the remaining artichokes and fry till crispy
  • 10
    Layer the blanched artichoke in a silicon oval mould and top with oxtail. Place into the fridge to set
  • 11
    Take the sliced carrot sheet and layer the carrot farce. Roll into a cannelloni and reserve
  • 12
    Cook tartlet at 160 degrees for 10-12 minutes
  • 13
    To make the jus caramelise the beef offcuts then deglaze with port. Add the veal stock and diluted demi-glace and simmer on low till reduced by two thirds
  • 14
    To serve, unmould artichoke rock and warm through. Warm the beetroot puree and carrot cannelloni
  • 15
    Sear the beef and rest
  • 16
    Fill tartlet with beetroot puree and top with chiffonade beetroot
  • 17
    To plate, carve beef and place slightly of centre on the plate. Then place your artichoke rock, carrot and tartlet next to it. Garnish then finish off with the jus.