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Dexter Beef Recipe 10
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables
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Dexter Beef with Vacherin Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables

When I arrived at the Barley Bree Restaurant last week, owners Fabrice and Alison Bouteloup had just reopened their doors after a fantastic refurb and the restaurant was looking amazing.  The AA two rosette restaurant has such a cosy atmosphere with an inviting, roaring log fire in the centre of the room. 

Fabrice, who is also head chef, was busy in the kitchen when I arrived preparing his Dexter Beef Sirloin for our shoot.  Fabrice’s kitchen is really inspiring and I listened with interest as he showed me his custom built French stove complete with two plancha hot plates and a hob – very impressive indeed!

I learned so much on my visit! I now know what the sous vide technique is, and I think I may have gone a little way in perfecting my kneading skills after I attempted to work and shape Fabrice’s fabulous country style bread. This is served with every meal and the smell coming from the kitchen was intoxicating.

I hope you enjoy making the Dexter Beef dish – it was utterly delicious and I’ll definitely be back at the Barley Bree with the family soon to try more of their delicious food.

Gill x

Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Cooking Time:
45 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 4 x 200g Dexter Beef Sirloin
  • 2 large Rooster potatoes cut into œ cm dice
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 2 sprigs Thyme
  • 200 mls double cream
  • 1/4 Vacherin Mont d'Or Cheese
  • 1/4 Vacherin Mont d'Or
  • 100g stem broccoli
  • Bunch of baby beetroot
  • Bunch of baby carrots
    1. Slowly cook the potatoes into the cream with the garlic and the thyme until the potatoes are cooked.  Season with salt and pepper. 
    2. Divide between 4 moulds, press down slightly and top with a slice of Vacherin. Gratinée at 200oC in the oven until golden brown.
    3. Prepare the vegetables and cook individually until just cooked.
    4. Season the steak on both sides with salt and pepper then pan fry until cooked to desired doneness.  Remove the steak from the pan and place on a warm plate.  Leave to rest for 3 minutes until the blood has stopped dripping.
    5. Plate up as in the picture.

    NICKI'S TUPPENCEWORTH

    I'm going to be honest; I had no idea what Dexter Beef was when Gill sent through this recipe. However, the photograph was enough to send me scurrying into a Google frenzy as I attempted to find what was tempting me into licking the screen!  

    The Dexter is the smallest British breed of cattle, originating in the south western region of Ireland.  It's a hardy breed and like Highland Cattle, it produces beef of excellent quality and intense flavour. I am a huge fan of Highland Beef and love that strong, almost gamey taste and I'm now fixated on sourcing some to try this recipe!

    Barley Bree sources its Dexter beef locally from Comrie in Perthshire, where it has been grass-fed before being slaughtered at around 18 months of age. Gill assures me it was melt in the mouth delicous and the photographs certainly whet the appetite. 

    Meat, tatties and two veg never looked like this in 1979! Anything that tops potatoes with cheese is good enough in my book. Amazing!

    Leave your comments here and please do share this with your friends! You can also share your photographs and ideas with us. We'd love to see them. As always, tag them #PerthLoveFest and we'll scatter them around our own social media.

    Happy Cooking,

    Nicki X

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