What Is Chateaubriand?

Series Summary

Chateaubriand is a delicious recipe for preparing beef tenderloin. Though this dish is named for the first person who ever ate it, the recipe for Chateaubriand was actually the creation of Montmireil the Chef of Vicomte Chateaubriand. Chateaubriand is easier to make than you may think. The cut of meat is relatively expensive, but is worth the price - at least once. If you would like to learn how to prepare Chateaubriand, without ruining this exquisite cut of tenderloin, you can learn from our expert, Laszlo Szalai chef of the famous Citadella Restaurant in Budapest, Hungary.

In this free cooking video series, learn how to make Chateaubriand from Chef Laszlo Szalai. Chef Szalai has prepared this luxurious dish for countless patrons of the Citadella Restaurant. He will demonstrate for you how to prepare Chateaubriand with culinary techniques such as how to prepare the steak for Chateaubriand, how to cut the vegetables, how to prepare a mustard sauce for Chateaubriand, how to prepare a green pepper sauce for Chateaubriand, how to cook the vegetables and the beef tenderloin for Chateaubriand, and how to serve Chateaubriand.

Video Transcript

"LASZLO SZALAI: Good evening and welcome to Expert Village. I am Laszlo Szalai, the chef of Citadella Restaurant. Our restaurant is situated in Budapest, Hungary. We are going to prepare chateaubriand. We use beef loin again. It is prepared beforehand. This is basically a double steak, a tenderloin. Now, we sprinkle it with ground pepper well. We season it on all sides. We salt it only before frying it. Some people like it when it is bloody. Some when it is half baked. Others when it is well baked."