Steemit Iron Chef 2018 Act 01 Round 05 : Hearty Hazelnut Mash with Cote de Boeuf

My second entry is a main ... we had both the starter ... the soup and the main this evening ... so I did spend a looooong time in the kitchen today hihi
Hearty Hazelnut Mash with Cote de Boeuf
Ingredients

Hazelnuts
Potatoes
philedelphia cream cheese
Parmasan freshly grated
chives
(green asparges mix that was sieved away when I sieved the starter soup )
Cote de Boeuf
fresh thyme
garlic
butter and oil
seasoning salt and pepper

Steps

Get you meat seared on all sides


after that it goes in the oven at low heat .... slow cooking it at 110 degrees for about 40 minutes ( in my case it should have been 35 minutes ... adjust after weight of you meat mine weighed 600 gr and definately could have done with 5 minutes less ...I like my meat red not pink ....

out of the oven let it rest ... do not cover with tin foil you want to maintain your crispy cooking surface of the meat ....
Meanwhile your meat is cooking ... boil your potatoes

dry roast your hazel nuts

use the blender and create a fine Hazelnut mix.... here pictured with the sieved of from the asparges soup ... also grate parmasan

all in the pot with added cream cheese and all the lovely cooking juices from that awesome piece of meat ...
I have a cool thingy for making mash that goes on my handblender .... quite wonderful ... if you dont have that thingy it is to work with your mash (if you use the regular handblender it will get like gum due to the potatoe starch ... so it wont be light and fluffy like a mash should be )
I also add a bit of butter and season to taste ...

Plate it ... remember ...the mash is the star here not the meat .... I decorate with fresh chives... and a bit of bernaise sauce on the meat ....
Get your proof pic in there ... it really is quite important ...

...and you are ready to dig in to pure and utter yummieness .... the mash can easily be turned vegan if so desired and served with grilled veggies I think it would be quite wonderful too....

The Carnivour in me just needed to post this pic too .... the lovely smell that filled my kitchen ... it was so good ...

utter bliss of a dish and popular at the dining table as well .... everyone had both starter and main this evening ...hihi

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