Photo: Fillet of Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (4 to 5 pound) fillet of beef, trimmed and tied
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
Place the beef on a sheet pan and pat the outside dry with a paper towel. Spread the butter on with your hands. Sprinkle evenly with the salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for exactly 22 minutes for rare and 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 20 minutes. Remove the strings and slice the fillet thickly.
Note: Be sure your oven is very clean or the high temperature will cause it to smoke.
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By gmkathy2
Metro Atlanta, GA
on January 08, 2012
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Probably the best and easiest way to cook a beef tenderloin I've tried. I used olive oil instead of butter and seasoned it with a rosemary, garlic dry rub. Next time I'll try a different rub or just a large grain sea salt and maybe the butter. The timing and temp. were about perfect, we like ours rare to med rare and that's the way it came out. Be sure to wrap the roast tightly when you remove it from the oven to keep the heat in while it rests. Definitely a keeper!
By PDTFD
on December 25, 2011
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Perfect! Our family likes our steak medium so we roasted the tenderloin for 30 minutes. It was perfect and we did not have a smoke problem. I would make this again in a heartbeat.
By laurettad
Houston, TX
on December 17, 2011
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Done perfectly. I used truffle butter and put a little water on the bottom of the pan. This was so easy to make! I will do it again. Thanks Ina!
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