Spanish Beef Fillet

Name: Spanish Beef Fillet
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 60 ml balsamic vinegar; 8 cloves garlic; 5 ml smoked Spanish paprika; 250 ml sherry; 30 ml olive oil; 125 ml red wine; 1.5 kg beef fillet, trimmed of any fat and sinew; 4 bay leaves; 10 ml dried thyme

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Braai the Beloved Country

By Jean Nel

Published 2014

About

This beef fillet is ready when you are... braai it in advance and let it rest before slicing it.

Ingredients

1.5 kg beef fillet, trimmed of any fat and sinew
8 cloves garlic
250

Africa
Europe
South Africa
Spain
Main course
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Cut the garlic into thin slivers. Make incisions all over the beef and put slivered garlic into the incisions. Put the beef fillet in a bowl and pour sherry, wine and balsamic over it. Add bay leaves. Cover and marinate, refrigerated, for a few hours. Turn the beef every hour. Remove from the fridge 1 hour before braaing. Drain from sherry-wine marinade. Discard bay leaves.

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