Is a fillet of beef..........

[12 inch legend]

The same as a fillet steak?

I was wondering because i have 2 pieces of fillet steak a week if possible, now normally each piece is £6-8.
On the same isle, by the beef joints, you can buy a fillet of beef, big enough for me to get 4 steaks out of anyway for about £16. So is this exactly the same? I could get more for my money if i buy the fillet of beef and cut it up myself?

[dcw@pr]

Yes

[Shaw Tarse]

Yes, then use the tail end for stroganoff.

[anonymous-user]

T-bone and Rib Eye are cheaper and tastier as steaks! best thing to do with beef fillet is eat it in a Tartare or Carpaccio, or maybe raw cut into small thin chunks with horse radish and rocket.

[Big Al.]

Yes, one and the same fillet steaks are cut from a fillet.

A whole fillet would be used in a Beef Wellington.

As somebody has already stated, Rib eye steaks have far more flavour.

[turbo-ww]

Big Al. said:

Yes, one and the same fillet steaks are cut from a fillet.

A whole fillet would be used in a Beef Wellington.

As somebody has already stated, Rib eye steaks have far more flavour.

If you used a whole fillet for a beef wellington you would need an effing big oven.

and about 20 guests.

and a tanker of claret

[turbo-ww]

Meat is muscle.

As a general rule, the more work a muscle does the tougher it will be, but it will have more flavour. So:

Fillet - No work = Very tender, but little flavour.

Sirloin - Some work = Slightly tender and more flavour.

Rump - Plenty work = Bit more chewing involved but worth it for the flavour.

Rib-Eye is slightly different in that it's the marbled fat that improves the flavour

My choice would be rib-eye

[Big Al.]

turbo-ww said:

Big Al. said:

Yes, one and the same fillet steaks are cut from a fillet.

A whole fillet would be used in a Beef Wellington.

As somebody has already stated, Rib eye steaks have far more flavour.

If you used a whole fillet for a beef wellington you would need an effing big oven.

and about 20 guests.

and a tanker of claret

Only way