Fillet steak with crunchy garlic topping

Name: Fillet steak with crunchy garlic topping (Filé Oswaldo Aranha)
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 fillet steak, about 400g/14oz; 3 cloves of garlic, chopped; 75 g/3 oz/scant ⅓ cup butter; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; sautéed or chipped potatoes or rice, and Brazilian-style Shredded Greens, to serve; sautéed or chipped potatoes or rice, and Brazilian-style Shredded Greens, to serve; sautéed or chipped potatoes or rice, and Brazilian-style Shredded Greens, to serve

Filé Oswaldo Aranha

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Brazil

By Fernando Farah

Published 2011

About

When Rio de Janeiro was Brazil’s capital, so many government ministers ate at the Cosmopolita restaurant that it became known as ‘The Little Senate’. One politician, Oswaldo Aranha, always ordered a thick fillet steak covered in toasted garlic. This was later incorporated into the restaurant’s menu and is now popular all over Rio.

Ingredients

15 ml/1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 fillet steak, about 400g/14oz

Americas
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

1 Heat the oil in a frying pan over a high heat. Add the steak and fry on both sides until medium-rare, or done to your liking. Transfer to a warm plate and leave to rest.

2 Wipe the frying pan clean with kitchen paper and return to a medium heat. Add the butter, and let i