Usenet Newsgroups Blue Cheese Crusted Filet Mignons From: noreply@cdkitchen.com (Jayne Ladarola) BLUE CHEESE CRUSTED FILET MIGNONS 2 Tablespoons blue cheese crumbles 1/2 cup bread crumbs or panko 2 teaspoon fine herbs 1/2 teaspoon olive oil plus 1 Tablespoon Salt & freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup cognac 1 cup beef stock 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 1/4 cup chopped onion Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line baking sheet w. foil; set aside. Add 1 Tablespoon olive oil to large saute pan and heat over med/high heat. Season steaks w. salt & pepper and add to pan but don't crowd.  Sear 1-2 minutes each side just to brown.  Remove from heat & transfer steaks onto prepared baking sheet. Top each steak with 1/4 cheese mixture.  Finish cooking steaks in preheated oven for 4 minutes medium rare, 6 minutes for medium and 8 minutes for well done. Return pan to stove & deglaze with cognac by scraping bits from bottom of pan.  Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce liquid by half. Serve steaks hot with sauce. -- Rec.food.recipes is moderated by Tracy E. Carman at recipes@swcp.com. Only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting.   Please allow several days for your submission to appear. Archives: Subject  Blue Cheese Crusted Filet Mignons