Isabella Beeton

Tournedos of Beef a la Bechamel

Preparation info

  • 6

    helpings

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

top 1000Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

  • About

Ingredients

  • 1½–2 lb. fillet of beef
  • salt and pepper
  • butter or fat
  • ½

Method

Trim the fillet of beef into rounds (tournedos) about 2 in. in diameter and 1 in. thick and season with salt and pepper. Grill or fry in hot fat. Cover one side of the tournedos with thick Béchamel sauce, arra