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Filet Mignon Pizza with mushroom red wine gravy

If you are a real food lover, you are always looking for quality ingredients and of course, authentic cooking experiences. You love to create recipes and make your own food far more than ordering something off-menu.

There’s no reason to settle for anything less than the very best when it comes to pizza. Only a wood-fired oven will bring you the traditional cooking experience your culinary passion deserves. But as always, Yes, you can make this recipe with your standard oven; just skip the woodfired steps and swipe down to the notes for the cooking method.

Beef Tenderloin Pizza

Recipe for 2 x 9 inches pizza
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

Steak

  • 2 8 oz Filet mignon
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Gravy

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/3 cup white onions minced
  • 1 1/2 cup white mushrooms chopped
  • 2 tbsp flour all-purpose
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 cup red wine dry
  • 1 tsp garlic minced
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup beef broth low-sodium
  • 1 1/2 tbsp fresh rosemary leaves chopped
  • 2 tbsp butter unsalted
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground pepper

Pizza dough

  • 1 recipe of your favorite pizza dough or store-bought, at room temperature

Pizza toppings

  • 2 white mushrooms sliced
  • 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese freshly grated

Instructions
 

Steak

  • In a cast-iron skillet, heat the oil, salt and pepper over high heat.
  • Add the Tenderloin and brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a baking sheet for baking about 5 minutes for medium-rare doneness.
  • Let the steaks rest while we are making the sauce.

Gravy

  • In the same skillet used to cook the tenderloin, heat the oil and 1 tbsp of butter over medium-high heat. Add the onions, garlic, pepper, and salt.
  • Cook for about 2 minutes or until the onions start to get softer.
  • Add the red wine and scrape with a wooden spoon.
  • Cook for 2 more minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
  • Stir in the tomato paste, mustard, beef broth, and rosemary.
  • Mix the mushrooms with the flour and add everything in the skillet.
  • Reduce the heat to a simmer and stir until half of the liquid has evaporated and the sauce has thickened slightly. It should take about 5 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and stir in 1 tbsp of butter until the sauce has a smooth texture. Let it cool down.

Start the Authentic pizza oven

  • For this recipe, we will be using our Brazza wood-fired oven from Authentic Pizza ovens. The secret is heating up the oven ahead to slide in that first pizza. One of the most important things is to heat up the oven to around 700 degrees so the fire bricks become very hot. The whole pre-heating process should take about an hour but it really depends on the wood you'll be using. For very good results, I like to use Maple.
  • To start my Brazza (our Authentic Pizz Ovens model), I like to build a very small fire in the middle section of the oven and wait for the small wood to catch. After maybe 15 minutes, push the fire logs in the back section, add a couple of maple logs and brush the middle section so it's clean and ready for your pizza.

Build

  • After about an hour of pre-heat time, its the right moment to start making the pizza! First of all, flour your hands and your work station.
  • Stretch your dough into a circle and place on your Wooden peel.
  • Brush the dough with a generous layer of Mushroom & red wine gravy made earlier then spread the Mozzarella cheese to cover the sauce.
  • Top the pizza with mushrooms.

Cook

  • If you want to make the best pizza around, it's important to test the heat. My little trick here is to sprinkle a small amount of flour right on the section you want to cook the pizza. If the flour burns within a couple of seconds, the area is probably too hot. The flour should take about 8-10 seconds to turn brown and then you are ready to add the pizza.
  • Now you'll have to turn the pizza. I like to use the round metal peel to turn and pull it out. Cook until the base is golden and the toppings look good. The pizza should only take about 2 minutes to cook.

Final

  • Thinly slice the tenderloins and add on your pizza before slicing. Serve immediately!

Notes

Bake pizza in a 475°F oven, one at a time, until the crust is browned and the cheese is golden, it normally takes about 15 minutes. 
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