French meat is a frequent dish in Russian cuisine. In reality, it appeared in France. In Russia, it is rooted because of its excellent taste, easy cooking and beautiful serving.

How to choose the right piece of meat

To make the dish delicious, you need to buy good meat. It should be a bright red color, smell good and have a good fiber structure. And in order not to spend a lot of time cleaning it, the selected piece of meat should have as little fat, films and veins as possible.

In addition, it is important to purchase the meat of an animal that was no more than 2 years old. Then the dish will turn out to be especially tender and juicy. The best place to cook is a spatula or back.

French classic beef in the oven

The classic version of cooking involves the use of Bechamel sauce, a hard cheese and potatoes in the recipe.

Required Products:

  • beef fillet - 500 g;
  • potatoes - 500 g;
  • garlic - 2-3 cloves;
  • hard cheese - 250 g;
  • olive oil - 100 ml;
  • milk - 0.3 l;
  • butter - 35 g;
  • flour - 50 g;
  • salt and pepper.

Milk will be used for Bechamel sauce. Therefore, it is better to take a home-made product, it is healthier and fatter.

Meat preparation method:

  1. Take a deep baking dish, grease its walls with oil.
  2. Process beef - wash and dry, cleanse fat and veins.
  3. Beat the meat with a hammer and cut into thin strips no more than 2 cm long.
  4. Peel, wash and cut potatoes in circles.
  5. Peel, wash and finely chop the garlic cloves.
  6. Put a small portion of potatoes in an even layer.
  7. Next, meat layers with garlic, add the rest of the potatoes to them.
  8. Salt and pepper everything.

Sauce preparation algorithm:

  1. Take cookware with non-stick coating.
  2. Put butter and melt over medium heat.
  3. Gradually stirring for 6 minutes, add flour to the butter.
  4. Reduce heat, stirring slowly to add salt and slowly pour milk.
  5. After boiling, remove from heat and let cool.
  6. Pour the cooled sauce over the meat.
  7. Send the dish to the oven for 1 hour, choosing a temperature of 200-220 degrees.
  8. 15 minutes before cooking, open the oven and sprinkle the dish with cheese.

You can facilitate the French cooking of beef in the oven and use mayonnaise instead of Bechamel sauce.

Cooking with mushrooms

To diversify the recipe, mushrooms were added to the previous cooking method. To do this, champignons, oyster mushrooms or honey mushrooms are suitable. Mushrooms are placed on top of pieces of meat. So, it turns out, reveal the whole relish of the dish.

Essential Ingredients:

  • beef - 0.6 kg;
  • hard and soft processed cheese - 350 g;
  • mayonnaise - 100 ml;
  • onions - 2 pcs.;
  • mushrooms - 300 g;
  • sour cream - 200 ml;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • spices for beef;
  • sunflower oil;
  • fresh greens.

Roasting Method:

  1. Strip beef from films and tendons, rinse and get wet.
  2. Cut into small bars and beat off. It is better to do this by placing the meat in a bag. This will save the kitchen from meat spray.
  3. Apply spices and some mayonnaise to all pieces of meat.
  4. Rinse mushrooms and chop into small pieces.
  5. Fry mushrooms with one onion until tender.
  6. Chop the garlic. Cut the second onion into thin circles. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
  7. In a bowl, mix sour cream, finely chopped greens, 1/3 of the grated cheese, salt, beef spices and garlic.
  8. Combine the cooled mushrooms with cream cheese and place in a bowl with sour cream dressing. Mix everything thoroughly.
  9. Put oil on a baking sheet, lay out the ingredients in layers: meat, onion, sour cream sauce. Sprinkle the top with grated cheese.
  10. Cook the dish for about 40 minutes at a temperature of 220 degrees.

Serve beef with mushrooms is better when hot, previously decorated with fresh herbs.

With the addition of potatoes

This is the most hearty beef dish, because it is combined with potatoes. The main highlight - all the ingredients are laid out in layers in strict sequence.

Necessary components:

  • beef - 600-700 g;
  • potatoes - 0.7 kg;
  • large tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
  • sour cream - 400-500 ml;
  • hard cheese - 300 g;
  • garlic - 2-3 cloves;
  • sunflower oil;
  • any spices.

Meat preparation algorithm:

  1. Turn on the oven 180-200 degrees so that it has time to warm up.
  2. Wash the meat thoroughly, remove any films (if necessary).
  3. Cut into slices, 1 cm thick (approximately, like chops). If the meat is tough, you can beat it a little.
  4. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and, if desired, your favorite seasonings and leave to marinate for 5-10 minutes.
  5. Add crushed garlic to sour cream, a little salt, pepper, seasoning - to taste.
  6. Peel, wash and cut medium-thick potato slices.
  7. Peel the onions, wash the tomatoes. Then cut the tomatoes into rings, and the onions into half rings. Coarsely grate cheese.
  8. Take the form in which the meat will be baked, and grease it with oil.
  9. Form a dish. Put the potatoes with the first layer, salt and grease it with sour cream sauce. Following onions, and on top the meat, poured with sauce. Put a layer of onion, potato on it again, and finish the tomato with sauce.
  10. Put in the oven and cook for 35-40 minutes.
  11. After 35 minutes, remove the meat, sprinkle it with grated cheese and send to the oven for another 10-15 minutes.

Before serving French beef with potatoes, it is recommended to carefully cut into portions and try.

French baked in foil

This recipe differs from previous cooking options using wine and baking foil.

Required Products:

  • tenderloin - 0.5 kg;
  • dry wine, red - 150 ml;
  • large onions - 3 pcs.;
  • hard cheese - 300 g;
  • classic mayonnaise - 100 ml;
  • salt, ground red pepper;
  • food foil.

Cooking method:

  1. Take the meat, wash thoroughly in cool water, peel off the films, blot with paper towels, cut into pieces, 1 cm thick.If the meat is harsh, beat it gently with a hammer.
  2. Pickle. Grate it with salt, put in a deep bowl and pour red wine.
  3. Peel the onion and cut into rings. Grate the cheese.
  4. Cover the form in which the dish will be prepared with foil so that the entire inside and sides are closed.
  5. Put marinated beef in a mold, sprinkle with onion and cheese, top with a thin layer of anointed with mayonnaise.
  6. Cover the dish with foil so that no holes remain.
  7. Put the dish in the oven and cook for 40-45 minutes at 180-220 degrees.
  8. 5 minutes before cooking, remove the mold from the oven, remove the foil and sprinkle cheese on mayonnaise. At the same time, the oven can be turned off, the heat in it is enough for the cheese to be baked and browned.

The meat in French will be ready as soon as a golden brown crust appears on the cheese.

With tomatoes and cheese

According to this recipe, a tasty and satisfying dish is obtained, which can be served both for the festive table or just cooked for dinner in a close family circle.

Tasty recipe:French meat in the oven

Essential Ingredients:

  • tenderloin - 0.5 kg;
  • onions - 2 pcs.;
  • regular cheese - 250 g;
  • tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
  • sour cream - 100 ml;
  • vegetable oil;
  • favorite seasonings.

Roasting Method:

  1. Turn on the oven 180-200 degrees so that it has time to warm up.
  2. Rinse thoroughly and cut the meat into equal small pieces.
  3. Grate it with spices and leave to pickle the marinade for 5-10 minutes.
  4. Wash the tomatoes and onions. Cut them into rings. Grate the cheese.
  5. Take the form for cooking meat and grease it with oil.
  6. Lay out the ingredients in layers in the strict sequence: meat, onions, tomatoes, sour cream, cheese.
  7. Put the dish in the oven, which has previously warmed up to 200 degrees, and cook for 25-30 minutes.

The dish will be ready when a golden crust appears on it.

In conclusion, it is worth saying that baked beef in the oven is really a tasty, satisfying and simple dish. The end result of culinary research will be appreciated by guests invited to the table.

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