1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup water
2 large egg
1 egg, for egg wash
Meat
1/2 lb. beef, rib eye, or, tail end of tenderloin
1 tsp Dijon mustard
freshly cracked pepper
fresh rosemary, chopped
fresh thyme, chopped
salt, to taste
Duxelles
2 tsp butter
2 shallot, finely, diced
1 clove garlic, finely, diced
4 shitake mushroom, stem removed, finely, dried
1/4 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
tsp fresh tarragon, chopped
salt and pepper
Veal Stock
2 lb. veal, bones
2 carrot, roughly, chopped
2 onion, roughly, chopped
2 stalks celery, roughly, chopped
2 garlic, cloves, crushed
2 bay leaf
2 sprig thyme
2 sprig rosemary
10 whole white peppercorns
3 tbsp tomato, paste
2 cup dry red wine, preferably Bordeaux
6 cup cold water
Bordelaise
2 shallot, finely, chopped
1 cup red wine, preferably Bordeaux
1 tbsp olive oil
tbsp marrow from veal, bones
1 cup veal stock
Choux Pastry
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Sift flour with salt and set aside. In a heavy saucepan heat the
water over medium. Add butter pieces and bring to a boil. Immediately
add flour mixture all at once and stir with a wooden spoon.
Remove mixture from heat and continue beating mixture until it comes away from the side of the pan. Return mixture to heat and stir slightly longer to dry the mixture. Remove mixture from heat once again. Add the eggs one at a time.
Continue beating with the wooden spoon until mixture is shiny and falls from the spoon. Prepare a medium piping bag with a small plain tip. Fill bag with choux pastry.
Leaving at least an inch
between, pipe 16 rounds on to parchment covered baking sheets. Break
egg into small bowl and beat. Brush choux lightly with egg wash. Bake
until brown and hollow sounding about 15 minutes. Cool completely.
Slice the tops of choux off. Save tops.
Meat
Combine mustard, pepper, rosemary, thyme and salt. Rub onto
beef. In a very hot skillet sear the beef on each side for 1 to 2
minutes. Finish cooking 8 to 10 minutes in oven.
Duxelles
Heat butter on high in a medium saucepan. Add the shallots and
sauté for 3 to 4 minutes until soft and golden. Add garlic, mushrooms
and herbs. Cook over medium heat stirring frequently until mushrooms
are dry and mixture is reduced by almost one half about 12 to 15
minutes. Adjust seasoning and set aside.
Veal Stock
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Remove marrow from bones and set aside. In a large roasting pan
roast veal bones in a little vegetable oil for 7 to 10 minutes until
golden brown.
Add vegetables and herbs.
Return to oven and reduce temperature to 375 degrees F. Roast until
vegetables are browned 25 to 30 minutes. Add tomato paste and wine.
Scrape the bottom of the roasting pan and transfer all contents to a
large stockpot. Add water and bring to a boil over high heat.
Once stock begins to boil, reduce heat to very low to sustain a
slow boil. Simmer uncovered on low heat for at least 3 to 4 hours or
for as long as 8 hours. Let stock reduce by half. Strain and discard
bones and vegetables. Cool and skim off fat.
Bordelaise
In a small saucepan cook olive oil and shallots for 3 to 4
minutes. Deglaze with red wine and reduce down to a third. Add the veal
stock and reduce down to half. Add marrow and simmer 5 to 10 minutes
until marrow has melted. Adjust seasoning.
Assembly
Spoon a little of the cooled duxelles into the bottom of each
choux. Dice the cooked meat. Spoon over top of duxelles. Put some sauce
in a squeeze bottle. Drizzle a little sauce over each choux. Cover
with its top. Drizzle with a little more sauce.