What can we have with fillet steak?

Question

I'm cooking for my lovely boyfriend tonight, planning to do fillet steak with stilton sauce but not sure what to have with it! Any suggestions?? Thanks x

Thank you all so much for your idea's! Think I will go with the dauphinoise potatoes recipe courtesy of Emma S (Thanks honey) xxx Merry christmas !!!

Answer 1

Tonight I'm cooking fillet steak with peppercorn sauce, asparagus, dijon potatoes and a nice red wine!
I'm sure my wife will love it!
Enjoy!

Answer 2

Can i make a suggestion re the sauce. Stilton not the best thing to eat if planning a romantic dinner due to aftertaste and smell and potential for heartburn. A really simple pepper sauce works better and is easier to do. Coat staek in freshley gound black pepper, cook the steak as normal and then pour some red wine into the pan with more black pepper and then add soem cream, reduce slightly, season and pour over steak, dead simple, also on the steak front, fillet is the tenderest but has less flavour than sirloin or rump, (go to a really good restaurant and they dont serve it), A good peice of rump is much better and if trimmed well, and seasoned properly and then left out for a couple of hours to get to room temparature before cooking, will taste a hell of a lot better, and be just as tender. Served with roasted echalian shallots and cherry tomates (all done together with olive oil and honey) and some lovely fat chips. Dont spoil it with onion rings.

Answer 3

Firstly, lucky chap. Secondly to cut through the Stilton sauce you need a zing, so wines that have "alcoholic" notes are your best option. The two that fall into that category are Pinot Noir and Grenache.
Best Pinot options without paying over the odds come from Chile, so about £10 MAX would get you a good varietal there. Advantages with the Pinot is that as well as the zing, there follows a lovely long finish (more money though), but it is worth it.
The alternative of Grenache might serve you better as it is not a fickle a grape as Pinot so the options are a lot broader.
Peter Lehmanns Wildcard is about £5 - £6 and is lush. Full on zing with pepper as well (sorry about the nerdy Oz Clarke bit) a stalwart in our family.
If you want to blow your stack, look for either a Cotes Du Rhone who are the ubermeisters of this grape, or D'Arenberg from Oz whose whole range is excellent, the only downside is that it starts from about £8.
Enjoy, may I also recommend to finish a young dessert wine to cleanse the palate (Brown Bros "Orange Muscat & Flora) 1/2 bottle £7 brilliant after being chilled in the freezer for an hour.

Answer 4

Wow, sounds like a nice meal. First of all, make sure that he brings a good bottle of wine with him - its the least he can do!

As for veg well, I love dauphinoise potatoes with steak and always serve green veg (I always think dark green veg like asapragus, purple sprouting broccoli or french beans looks lovely with a steak!) or a salad with it.

Here is how I make my dauphinoise potatoes - tried and tested:

Peel and slice potatoes as though you are making quite thick crisps, ( the slicer on the slide of the grater works well for this, or a food processor. A knife takes longer but it can still be done.)

Once sliced, spread out the potatoes and sprinkle with salt. Now pop them into a colander for 5 mins.

Get a saucepan and pour in about 300ml double cream (you can use crème fraich but it has to be the full fat version) add salt and black pepper. Bring to the boil then simmer for a minute or so.

In a lasagne/gratin dish rub a clove of garlic. Now squeeze the potatoes to get rid of any moisture, give them a shake and add them to the cream. Bring back to the boil and as soon as the are boiling pour into the gratin dish.

Now just cook in oven at about gas mark 4 for about 45 mins. The top should be browned nicely.

Quite luxurious but simply the nicest way to serve potatoes with a good steak!

Answer 5

Any kind of potato will work. However I make what they call Corn Casserole. 1 Can Sweet corn
1 Can Cream Style corn
1 cup Sour Cream
1 box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
1 stick butter (melted)
Pre heat oven to 350. mix ingredients together put butter in last & stir it in. Spray 2 quart casserole dish with Pam
Bake 1 hour
Edges should brown a little. I like mine a little more done than he does so I get some out for him and put it back in the oven for 15-20 min. May not sound good BUT IT IS! Trust me I like it.LOL

Answer 6

I would rather say fillet steak, Stilton sauce, mashed/ boiled/ new (i prefer new) potatos (with some butter on the new potatoe), carrots or asparagus and Finlay red/ white wine for a drink.

Answer 7

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What can we have with fillet steak?
I'm cooking for my lovely boyfriend tonight, planning to do fillet steak with stilton sauce but not sure what to have with it! Any suggestions?? Thanks x

Answer 8

For me it's always steak with chunky chips and onion rings. The only way to eat steak.

Do healthy chips if you prefer - cut potatoes into chip shapes, parboil and stick in the over with a little extra virgin olive oil. For a bit more of a kick, springle a little cajun spices or chillie powder while cooking. Yum.

Answer 9

Peppered rice and a good green salad with a French dressing will have him begging for more.
Just boil the rice in salt as per norm and, before serving, stir in a knob of butter and season well with lots of black pepper. The rice will complement the sauce much better than potatoes. It's quick and easy and gives you plenty of time for other things.
Have a lovely evening.

Answer 10

New potatoes and fresh veg. try putting some smooth pate on the steak, then the stilton sauce on top. He will love you.