Filet of Beef Steaks with Horseradish Sauce

Ingredients

• 6 (2-inch) beef tenderloin steaks
• Salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 rounded tablespoonfuls prepared horseradish, 1/4 cup
• 2 tablespoons chopped chives, 8 blades
• 1/2 cup Madeira or other dry sherry, optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Season meat with salt and pepper. Heat a large nonstick skillet with oven safe handle over high heat. If you have a rubber handled pan, wrap the handle twice with tin foil for baking.

Sear meat in the very hot nonstick skillet to caramelize the beef, 3 minutes on each side. Transfer to oven and cook 8 to 15 minutes longer for medium rare to well done meat.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat melt 2 tablespoons butter. Combine melted butter with flour and cook a minute longer. Whisk in milk. Thicken milk to gravy consistency, then stir in horseradish, chives and salt and pepper. Transfer sauce to a serving dish.

Remove meat from oven and transfer to a platter. Return pan to stovetop over moderate heat and deglaze pan with 1/2 cup Madeira or dry sherry. Add remaining tablespoon butter to the pan and pour the drippings over steaks.