Best Beef Tenderloin with Best Beans
From Son of Sam

These are two very simple recipes, that compliment each other perfectly.
 

You'll need:


Directions:
 

  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. Brush tenderloins with olive oil, than season with salt and pepper.
  4. 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).
  5. Place beef into frying pan - 30 seconds, than turn over for another 30 seconds --this nicely sears the meat.
  6. 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.
  7. Remove beef from oven, set on inverted plate set within a plate, and cover with foil. Let stand 6 - 10 minutes.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.