Beef Fillet

[horseshoes]

If a recipe for the thick end of beef fillet in a herby crust says to brown the beef, cover with crust and then bake in the oven at 180 for 30 - 40 mins, how would I adjust that to cook the thin end of the fillet please? Would it be about 20 mins?

[outoppie]

You would have to bake according to the crust. You cannot remove it from the oven until the thin parts crust is also cooked properly. Unfortunately the thin end may be too well done for you unless you do it in two halves at two different times.

[woofgang]

Is it a crust of herbs or herby pastry?

[horseshoes]

It's a crust of herbs and grain mustard.

[mattmay2004]

as a butcher if you mean the tail end of the fillet ask your butcher to butterfly it, it will be quite thin to cook but will only take 15 mins if that to cook, or for cheaper but as good option go with sirloin just the eye all fat removed which is what we do where i work for people either on a budget of cooking for lots of people

[woofgang]

then my GUESSTIMATE would be 20 to 30 mins. depending on how you like your steak done, I like mine bloody lol. If it was me I would have a sharp skewer to hand, give it 20 mins, poke it with the skewer in the thickest and thinnest parts and see what colour juice comes out

[horseshoes]

It was lovely! It did take around 25 minutes and was just right. Mmmmmmmmmmm