Peppery Beef Tenderloin With Pinot Noir Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Mix all the spices together well.
• Rub into the tenderloin.
• Place on rack in a roasting pan.
• Bake at 400* for 45 minutes----rare; 60 minutes---medium rare; 65 minutes---medium; 73 minutes---well done.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing.

Steps:

• To make stock, heat oven to 450 degrees. Place bones in a medium roasting pan, and roast, turning once or twice, until deeply browned, about 2 hours. Add onions, celery, carrots, garlic and tomato paste, and roast, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are deep golden brown, about 1 1/4 hours.
• Transfer bones and vegetables to a 2-gallon stockpot. Place roasting pan on stove, add 2 cups water and deglaze over high heat, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape up brown bits. Transfer deglazing liquid into stockpot with bones. Add thyme, bay leaf, parsley stems and 2 1/2 quarts water. Bring to a simmer over high heat, reduce heat to low and simmer until stock is rich and flavorful, about 5 hours. Remove from heat, and strain into a deep saucepan; there should be 8 cups stock. Place saucepan in sink of ice water to cool stock; then refrigerate until ready to use. (While stock is cold, scoop hardened fat from surface, and discard it.) Freeze half the stock to use later.
• To make sauce, heat olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and sauté carrot and celery, stirring constantly, until lightly caramelized, about 3 minutes. Add thyme and pinot noir, bring to a simmer and simmer until reduced by half, 7 to 10 minutes. Strain into a clean saucepan.
• Add 4 cups veal stock, bring to a simmer over medium heat, and simmer until sauce is reduced to about 1 1/2 cups. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Increase heat to high, and add butter piece by piece, whisking to emulsify. Sauce will become glossy and coat back of a wooden spoon. As soon as butter is incorporated, remove sauce from heat, and spoon onto meat.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Trim fat from tenderloin or have butcher do it. Tie string around tenderloin at 4 equal intervals.
• Mix dry ingredients and rub mixture all over tenderloin.
• Place tenderloin on rack in roasting pan in middle of oven.
• Roast for 30 minutes or to 120 degrees on meat thermometer. Transfer to platter and cover with foil, let rest for 10 minutes.
• Pour off fat from roasting pan. Add beef stock, balsamic vinegar and jelly to pan. Cook for 5 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
• Slice tenderloin in 1 inch slices and spoon sauce over top of each serving.