Making your own filet americain is easy and super tasty

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: this is how you make the tastiest filet Americain at home.

From polder crayfish soup to this recipe for homemade and brilliant filet Americain: The bible of Dutch cuisine is the cookbook for anyone who wants to get to know classic regional dishes from all corners of our country (better). With her recipes, Janneke Vreugdenhil shows you that Dutch cuisine is much more diverse, interesting, and delicious than you ever thought.

INGREDIENTS

– 200 g beef steak
– 2 tbsp mayonnaise
– 1 tsp smooth sharp mustard
– 1½ tsp sweet paprika powder, Worcestershire sauce to taste
tabasco, to taste
– salt and pepper

Janneke: ‘The idea of mixing finely chopped or ground raw beef with a mayonnaise-like sauce, we borrowed from the Belgians. But while our southern neighbors always serve their filet préparé with fries, our filet Americain is a sandwich spread. It is very tasty and easy to make yourself. The only downside is that you will never want anything else than homemade filet Americain after this.’

This is how you make the filet Americain

1. Chop the beef steak finely with a sharp knife. Put the chopped meat in a bowl.
2. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, and paprika powder and mix. Further season the filet Americain with Worcestershire sauce, tabasco, and pepper.
3. Eat the filet Americain immediately or store it in the refrigerator for a maximum of 24 hours.

Title: The bible of Dutch cuisine
Author: Janneke Vreugdenhil
Price: €33,99
Publisher: Carrera Culinair