Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 4 (7-ounce) beef filets
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• 4 (3-ounce) portions fresh or frozen duck foie gras
• Vegetable Bouquetiere, recipe follows
• 4 slices black truffles (not too thick)
• Perigueux Sauce, recipe follows

Directions

Vegetable Bouquetiere:

20 pieces carrots, tourneed, medium size

4 tablespoons granulated sugar

4 tablespoons unsalted butter plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Salt and freshly ground pepper

20 pieces turnips, tourneed, medium size

4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh curly parsley

1 handful sea salt

12 tablespoons string beans

1 teaspoon finely chopped shallots

20 pieces potatoes, tourneed, medium size

1 tablespoon sunflower oil

3 tablespoons freshly made clarified butter

Vegetable Bouquetiere:

Put the carrots in 1 saute pan and the turnips in another. Add water up to the top of the carrots, and add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper, and cook over medium-high heat until liquid is completely evaporated and vegetables are tender. To the other pan, add water up to the top of the turnips, and add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon butter. Season with salt and pepper, and cook over medium-high heat until liquid is completely evaporated and vegetables are tender. Remove vegetables, and then continue to cook until the remaining sugar and butter become a light caramel. When the caramel is at the right color (light brown), return the carrots and turnips to the respective pans until each vegetable gets the brightness and light brown color. Season the carrots and turnips individually. Divide 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley among the saute pans. Remove from heat and set aside.

To cook the string beans, bring a small pan full of water to boil. Add a large handful of sea salt. When the water is boiling, add the string beans and let them cook for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the string beans are soft and not 'crispy'. Refresh the string beans in cold water with the ice cubes. To reheat the string beans, melt some butter in a skillet or saute pan, add the string beans, and saute for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chopped shallots and the remaining chopped parsley and saute for about 1 to 2 more minutes. Season, to taste.

Put the potatoes in a small pan. Add water up to the top of the potatoes. Add the sunflower oil and boil the potatoes and oil for about 2 to 3 minutes. Drain the potatoes.

In a skillet or a saute pan, heat the clarified butter over high heat until very hot. Carefully add potatoes and cook until golden brown. Season with salt, to taste. Drain the clarified butter from the pan. Add 2 tablespoons raw butter and cook again for 3 to 4 more minutes. Set aside and keep warm.

Perigueux Sauce:

2 large shallots, finely sliced

1 clove garlic, finely sliced

1 large bouquet garni

1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

2 cups Madeira wine

2 tablespoons cognac

3 cups fresh brown veal stock

4 tablespoons fresh duck foie gras, broken into small pieces

1/2 piece black truffle, finely chopped

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

In small pan, put the shallots, garlic, bouquet garni, cracked black pepper, Madeira, and cognac. Bring to a boil and then simmer until the Madeira is completely evaporated. Add the brown stock and let it reduce by half. Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer. Pour the sauce into a sauté pan. Add the foie gras and the finely chopped black truffle. Mount the sauce with butter, without a whisk, by moving the pan slowly over medium heat. Season, to taste. Set aside and keep warm in a bain marie.