Tournedos
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Tournedos can mean:
- The central portion of the beef tenderloinBeef tenderloinA beef tenderloin, known as an eye fillet in New Zealand and Australia, filet in France and Germany and fillet in the United Kingdom, is cut from the loin of beef. As with all quadrupeds, the tenderloin refers to the psoas major muscle ventral to the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae,...
, sometimes referred to in the US as filet mignonFilet mignonFilet mignon is a steak cut of beef taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin, or psoas major of the beef carcass, usually a steer or heifer...
which correctly applies to the smallest end of the tenderloin only. - Tournedos RossiniTournedos RossiniTournedos Rossini is a French steak dish, purportedly created for the composer Gioachino Rossini by Auguste Escoffier, although the identity of the creator of the dish remains a matter of dispute. The dish comprises a tournedos of beef, pan-fried in butter, served on a crouton, and topped with a...
, a dish, using this cut.