Description
I love to make this special entree for new year's eve, birthdays or valentine's day. Hope this simple yet very elegant recipe makes your occaision extra special, too!
Ingredients
- Beef Tenderloin
- Unsalted Butter
- Kosher Salt
- Fresh Coarse Ground Black Pepper
- Heavy Cream
- Blue Cheese
- Parmesan Cheese
- Fresh Ground Black Pepper
- Fresh Parsley
Instructions
- For beef:
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees
- Place the beef on a baking sheet and pat the outside dry with a papertowel
- Spread the butter on with your hands
- Sprinkle evenly with the salt and pepper
- Roast in the oven for 25 minutes for medium-rare
- Remove the beef from the oven, cover it tightly with aluminum foil and allow it to rest at room temperature for 15 minutes
- Slice the filet thickly and serve with blue cheese sauce
- Instructions follow
- Blue cheese sauce:
- Bring the cream to a full boil in a medium saucepan and continue to boil rapidly for 45-50 minutes, until it is the consistency of white sauce, stirring occaisionally
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the blue cheese, parmesan, salt, pepper and parsley
- Whisk rapidly until cheeses melt
- To reheat, warm the sauce over low heat until melted, then whisk vigorously until the sauce comes together
- Sauce makes 3 cups