Best Beef Tenderloin
with Best Beans
From Son of Sam
These are two very simple recipes, that compliment each other
perfectly.
You'll need:
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Two Beef Tenderloins - approx 8 ounces each
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Half a bag of green beans - washed and trimmed
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1/2 cup walnut pieces - toasted and chopped
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1/2 cup Stilton cheese - crumbled
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Little olive oil
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Pat of butter
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Salt/Crushed pepper
Directions:
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Put saucepan (half full of water) on stove and bring to boil. Once boiling,
add beans and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain beans and run or dunk into
cold water to stop cooking process -- set beans aside.
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Now preheat oven to 500, or 450, and place a cast iron frying pan into
the oven (It must be a cast iron frying pan).
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Brush tenderloins with olive oil, than season with salt and pepper.
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Once oven has reached 500, remove cast iron frying pan (use and oven
mitt...it will be red hot)and place on stove. You need to place the pan
onto either a very hot element (if you have an electric stove) or a high
flame (if you have a gas stove).
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Place beef into frying pan - 30 seconds, than turn over for another
30 seconds --this nicely sears the meat.
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Once seared, place pan (again using oven mitt) back into oven. Cook
for 3 minutes, and then turn and cook for an additional 3 minutes. The
beef will be rare to just med-rare.
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Remove beef from oven, set on inverted plate set within a plate, and
cover with foil. Let stand 6 - 10 minutes.
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Place a saute pan on stove and melt butter over medium heat. Add beans
and stir, to coat with butter. Add walnuts and stir. Once beans have heated
through, about 2 minutes, sprinkle with crumbled stilton and stir. Remove
from heat and plate.
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Remove foil from beef and plate -- you will note that the blood has
drained from the meat due to the inverted plate. Plate the beef.
This is a fast and easy meal. From prep to plating can be
done easily in 15 minutes.