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CHRISTMAS



                              FAVORITE BEEF TENDERLOIN




                                                         BY SUZANNE FOX

                Easter ham, Thanksgiving   INGREDIENTS              home.  I also found that I had   room temperature.
                turkey and Christmas beef    4-5 pounds whole beef tenderloin  less waste and more usable    Place a half stick of butter in a
                -- food traditions are a    3/4 cup soy sauce      meat to use in other dishes   pan and melt on medium-high
                critical part of every family.     1 stick butter  when using his expertise. Once   heat.  Sear meat for 2 minutes
                I’m not sure how ours       Salt and pepper or Montreal   trimmed and tied, sprinkle your   on each side.
                came to be, but one thing   steak seasoning         tenderloin with salt and pepper    Melt the other half of the butter
                is certain – beef tenderloin                        or Montreal steak seasoning (do   stick with 3/4 cup of soy sauce.
                is our favorite Christmas   DIRECTIONS              not use both), and rub to season    Transfer the meat to a clean
                dish.  It’s extremely easy to    First thing’s first.  When buying   entire outer surface.  Wrap in   glass casserole dish and pour
                make, cuts down on hours    your beef tenderloin, read the   foil or Saran Wrap and place in   the mixture over the tenderloin.
                in the kitchen and gives you   label carefully to make sure it is   refrigerator the day before you   Place in oven at 375 F for 40
                more quality time to enjoy   processed in the USA.   plan to cook.           minutes or until mean reaches
                with your family.  You can    You want to trim the tenderloin.     On cook day, take the tenderloin   160 F for medium doneness.
                also prepare tenderloin in   You can have the butcher trim   out of refrigerator two hours    Remove from oven and baste.  Let
                advance to save even more   it, or you can watch a youtube   before serve time.  Leave in   rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
                time on the big day!        video and do it yourself.  Bobby   wrap for 45 minutes in order
                                            Flay makes it very easy to do at   to bring the tenderloin close to
                                                                                                 Start to finish:
                                                                                                1h 20 minutes
                                                                                                 Servings: 5-6








































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