lake geneva school of cooking is here with us today thinking some much for being here >>we're going toture this dish at the great chefs at the lake cooking series at the resort ... this is a seared fillet mignon with wisconsin cheddar baskets and fresh mushrooms from the river valley mushroom farm >>i am going to add shallots and garlic to the pan ... i have here oysters' pataki and portobello mushrooms what we do is city meet to lock inpan-seared the meet to lock in the juices we will saute these gorgeous mushrooms we had a lake geneva farmers' market this morning we go right through october and harvest is really gorgeous right now and we will deglaze the pan with some brandy ... and to that we had dijon mustard. and some green peppercorns. i added a little bit of the stock as well that's beef stock. and we make a sauce reduction with a little bit of cream. when we put the plate together we have a cheddar basket made with wisconsin cheddar key cheese ... and we have some beets and carrots in that basket. we have a hands- on class at the lake geneva school of cooking we can learn these

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