eye fillet

noun

Filet mignon; beef tenderloin.

Meanings

nouneye fillet (plural eye fillets)

plural eye fillets

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandFilet mignon; beef tenderloin.

    Eye Fillet Steak with Béarnaise Sauce

    2011, Gabriel Gaté, Antonia Pesenti, Taste Le Tour: Regional French Cuisine, Hardie Grant Books, page 74
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    It serves seafood, but it's the porterhouse and eye fillets that jump off the plates here.

    2002, Paul Smitz, Tasmania, page 134

    And naturally, as the meat is the hero in the dish, please use only the VERY best eye fillet steak you can manage and keep refrigerated until the very moment you′re about to use it.

    2010, Jane Kennedy, OMG! I Can Eat That?: Indulgent Food Minus the Boombah, unnunbered page

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