Recipe - Filleta Alla Cacciatore

1 ounce Dried Boletus mushrooms
Three fourths cup Very thin onion slices
5 tablespoon Fruity olive oil
Three fourths cup Dry red wine
Three fourths cup Fresh tomatoes chopped with
their juice
Salt and freshly ground
pepper
6 8oz. tenderloins;
butterflied

1. Soak mushrooms at least 30 minutes with scant 2 cups lukewarm water.
Lift out carefully without stirring up water. Rinse in several changes cold
water to remove any clinging grit. Cut into large pieces & reserve.

2. Filter soaking water through fine wire strainer lined with paper towel;
reserve.

3. Brown onions in oil. Add mushrooms & soaking water. Cook until water is
evaporated. Add wine and cook until it bubbles away; you must stir
frequently. Add tomatoes and cook on low heat until oil separates from
tomatoes. Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.

4. Sear steaks over high heat in olive oil, leaving rare. Remove to warm
platter. Add sauce with a bit more wine if needed for deglazing. Pour over
steaks and serve.

GENOA

S.E. BELMONT, PORTLAND.

BEV: BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO,'70.

From the Micro Cookbook Collection of Italian Recipes. Downloaded from
Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.