Beef Soto

This is a great date night meal, or any special meal for that matter.  Now, most people would think that doing anything other than just grilling a filet is a crime but I challenge them to tell me this isn't delicious.  This will literally melt in your mouth if done correctly.  Here is how I do it...

Servings: 2
Ingredients
3 TB of butter plus 2TB later on
3 TB of flour
2 cups of chicken broth
1/4 cup of white wine
juice of 1 lemon
1 pint of fresh mushrooms, sliced and cooked
provel cheese (provelone if outside St. Louis)
bread crumbs
2 beef filets


To begin, season your filets with salt and pepper.  Place about 1 cup of bread crumbs in a shallow dish and lightly coat both filets with bread crumbs.  Set the filets aside until you are ready to cook them on the grill.
For the sauce, you will need to melt 3 TB of butter in a saute pan.  Once the butter has melted, add the flour...you are making a roux so keep stirring and cook long enough to allow the flour taste to cook out (about 2 minutes).  Grab a whisk and slowly add in the chicken broth.  You will want to continue to whisk until the roux has incorporated into the chicken broth.  Add the wine and the lemon juice and let it all come to a slow boil to allow the sauce to thicken a bit.  Once the sauce has thickened  you will want to taste it at this point and add salt and pepper to taste.  Add the mushrooms and keep the sauce on low just to stay warm while you grill the steaks.
You will want your grill at medium to high heat.  To ensure even cooking for your steaks, allow the steaks to come to room temperature before placing them on the grill.  For steaks that are 1 inch thick, allow them to cook 5-6 minutes per side for medium rare.  A good way to test the steaks are to push on them with your finger, the more firm it is...the more well done they are.  Remove steaks from grill and place them in an oven safe dish.  Pour the sauce equally over the steaks and then cover the tops of the steak with provel cheese.  Place them under the broiler until the cheese has melted and you can't wait any longer to sample it out!

Enjoy!

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