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Main dishes anchor the meal. This category gathers poultry, seafood, meat, pasta, grains, and plant-forward recipes with clear methods and satisfying structure.

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Filet de Bœuf Moderne

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Moderne

Poëled beef fillet with alternating threads of bacon and tongue, vegetable-mosaic chartreuses, tender lettuce, and quenelles: a generous showpiece whose real lesson is calm sequencing at the home stove.

Filet de Bœuf Montmorency

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Montmorency

A butter-poëled fillet, rosy within and glazed outside, served with the sauce that defines Montmorency: Madeira, cherries, red-currant jelly, fresh horseradish, and every drop of the beef's poëling liquor.

Filet de Bœuf Nivernaise

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Nivernaise

A butter-poëled fillet, rosy beneath its glaze, ringed with Nivernais carrots rolled in syrup: this is the roast that teaches how gentle fat, reduction, and timing make luxury from restraint.

Filet de Bœuf Orientale

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Orientale

Plain-roasted fillet wears its own bronze crust, ringed with buttered tomatoes crowned by Riz à la Grecque timbales and crisp sweet-potato croquettes, while a peppery tomato sauce waits in the saucière.

Filet de Bœuf Perigourdine

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Perigourdine

A butter-poëled beef fillet, lacquered with its own juices and ringed by whole black truffles cooked in Madeira, with Périgueux sauce at the side: Périgord's grand lesson in keeping luxury precise.

Filet de Bœuf Petit Duc

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Petit Duc

Butter-poëled fillet, lacquered with meat glaze and ringed by crisp asparagus patties and truffled artichoke bottoms: Petit Duc turns timing, sauce work, and a generous platter into one magnificent lesson.

Filet de Bœuf Portugaise

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Portugaise

A whole beef fillet, larded and roasted rosy, arrives between rows of stuffed tomatoes and heaps of buttered olive potatoes, with a light Sauce Portugaise passed at the table.

Filet de Bœuf Provençale

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Provençale

A butter-poëled fillet, rosy within and bronzed outside, ringed with garlic-filled Provençal tomatoes and mushrooms, with a glossy tomatéd half-glaze served separately for every generous spoonful.

Filet de Bœuf Régence

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Régence

A grand braise scaled for four: Rhine-wine beef fillet glazed to a lacquer, then surrounded by tongue quenelles, foie gras, cocks' combs, white mushrooms, and truffles under a deeply reduced demi-glace.

Filet de Bœuf Renaissance

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Renaissance

Filet de Bœuf Renaissance puts a butter-poêled fillet inside a ring of first spring vegetables, each cooked on its own terms, with a lucid gravy served apart. Season is the true luxury.

Filet de Bœuf Richelieu

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Richelieu

Filet de Bœuf Richelieu teaches orchestration: butter-poêled tenderloin, four carefully timed garnishes, and a clear, lightly bound jus arriving together in distinct, generous heaps for the celebration table.

Filet de Bœuf Saint-Florentin

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Saint-Florentin

Filet de Bœuf Saint-Florentin gathers a rosy roast fillet, bronze vermicelli-crusted croquettes rich with tongue, and glossy cèpes around a light white-wine Bordelaise, proof that composed service is timing, not theatre.

Filet de Bœuf Saint-Germain

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Saint-Germain

Filet de Bœuf Saint-Germain sets a rosy roast among bright pea timbales, glazed carrots, and buttered potatoes, a lesson in timing three garnishes so each reaches the platter at its best.

Filet de Bœuf Talleyrand

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Talleyrand

A truffle-studded filet braised gently in Madeira, glazed until it gleams, and served with Gruyère-bound macaroni enriched by foie gras and truffle, with Périgueux sauce passed separately as the canon intends.

Filet de Bœuf Froid (Relevé)

Chef Juliette

Filet de Bœuf Froid (Relevé)

Rosy larded fillet, chilled until firm, lacquered in clear aspic, and ringed with bright cold vegetables: the formal relevé brought honestly to a home platter for four.

Châteaubriand, Fillet Steak, Tournedos

Chef Juliette

Châteaubriand, Fillet Steak, Tournedos

One tenderloin heart, three classical portions: roast Châteaubriand for carving, bifteck de filet for one, tournedos two to a plate, all with braised endives and a red-wine pan jus.

Tournedos Algérienne

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Algérienne

Tournedos Algérienne teaches timing: crisp sweet-potato croquettes and tender oil-stewed tomatoes must be ready before lean fillet meets clarified butter, sears fast, and goes straight to the table.

Tournedos Alsacienne

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Alsacienne

Tournedos crowned over crisp tartlets of wine-braised choucroute and lean ham: a hot, quick grill for the fillet, a dry, buttery foundation below, and Alsace carried through the whole plate.

Tournedos Arlésienne

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Arlésienne

Tender tournedos meet a Provençal ring of golden aubergine and sautéed tomato, each steak crowned with fried onion. The lesson is timing: prepare the garnish, then give lean fillet one hot, quick pan.

Tournedos Baltimore

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Baltimore

Tender fillet browned fast in clarified butter, set on crisp tartlets of creamed maize, crowned with buttered tomato and green capsicum, with glossy Châteaubriand Sauce (No. 71) waiting alongside.

Tournedos Béarnaise

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Béarnaise

Grilled tournedos meet crisp butter-fried croûtons, a fine coat of meat glaze, and Béarnaise held at the one temperature it respects: tepid. Master the timing, and the whole plate arrives together.

Tournedos Belle-Hélène

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Belle-Hélène

Four butter-seared tournedos, four crisp asparagus quoits, four dark truffle slices: a grand Parisian composition reduced to its essentials, with timing precise enough for one cook and generous enough for the whole table.

Tournedos Bercy

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Bercy

Beef fillet from a fierce grill, a lacquer of pale meat glaze, and Bercy Butter (No. 139) served deliberately half-melted: fillet has no patience, so exact timing carries the dish.

Tournedos Bordelaise

Chef Juliette

Tournedos Bordelaise

Four tender tournedos, grilled hard and fast, crowned with trembling poached marrow, and ringed on a warm platter while wine-dark sauce waits beside them. The fillet's luxury is restraint, not fuss.

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