Now that my son is a big-time teenager, he’s involved in high school activities most weekend nights. This leaves plenty of time for my husband and I to have “date night!” We very rarely go out to dinner. I don’t like spending the money to take a chance that what I’m eating out is going to be as good or better than what I can prepare at home. This is one of those dinner recipes that was made at home and better-than-restaurant-quality!
This recipe all begins with the onions. They’re slow cooked to caramelize them in the end. Then they’re doused with Holland House Marsala Cooking Wine to give them a burst of delicious flavor the is going to go perfectly with your tender piece of filet.
After the marsala cooking wine has reduced down and absorbed completely into the onions, a sprinkle of fresh thyme finishes them off. Give the onions a taste at this point and you will see how absolutely wonderful they are!
I give some instructions for how to make a perfectly cooked filet mignon in the recipe below. You’ll be serving it on top of a nice pile of the Marsala Caramelized Onions.
If all goes well, you should have a nice, tender piece of filet. Grab a forkful of the onions to go with each bite. You’ll find the the Holland House Marsala Cooking Wine has really enhanced the flavor of regular caramelized onions. The Marsala flavor component is a perfect pairing with beef. This recipe would be nice for a Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve special dinner. And of course, it’s perfect for date night too. My husband had a very happy tummy on this date night!
Here are a few more filet mignon recipes you might enjoy:
Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce by Simply Recipes Filet Mignon Caprese Sliders by RecipeGirl Easy Balsamic- Glazed Filet Mignon by The Comfort of Cooking
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