Tournedos à la Persane (Tournedos with Stuffed Peppers, Grilled Tomatoes and Fried Banana)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- tournedos
- green peppers
- rice
- tomatoes
- bananas
- Sauce Chateaubriand
Instructions
- Stuff the green peppers with rice and braise them, allowing one per tournedos; keep the braising liquor.
- Grill the half-tomatoes, allowing one per tournedos.
- Fry the banana slices, allowing 3 per tournedos.
- Sauté the tournedos and arrange them in a ring on the grilled half-tomatoes.
- Surround them with the peppers and heap the fried banana slices in a bouquet in the middle.
- Reduce the braising liquor of the peppers, add it to the Sauce Chateaubriand and serve.