Roasted Beef Tenderloin Wrapped In Bacon

Serves: 4

Clair Leannon

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

49

Spice

50

Sweetness

54

Sourness

44

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 450°F

2

Using small sharp knife, cut twelve 1-inch-deep slits all over beef tenderloin

3

Insert garlic slices into slits

4

Rub pepper all over tenderloin

5

Arrange bacon slices on work surface, overlapping slightly and forming rectangle

6

Place 1 rosemary branch down center of bacon rectangle, perpendicular to bacon slices

7

Place tenderloin atop rosemary branch

8

Place remaining 2 rosemary branches atop tenderloin

9

Wrap bacon slices around tenderloin and rosemary to enclose tenderloin completely

10

Place tenderloin in roasting pan, bacon ends down

11

(Can be assembled 1 day ahead

12

Cover and refrigerate

13

) Roast tenderloin until meat thermometer inserted into center registers 125°F for rare, about 1 hour

14

Remove from oven

15

Tent with foil and let tenderloin stand 10 minutes

16

Transfer tenderloin to cutting board

17

Reserve pan drippings for Broccoli Pancotto , if desired

18

Using large sharp knife, cut tenderloin through bacon and rosemary into 1/2-inch-thick slices and serve

19

Preheat oven to 450°F

20

Using small sharp knife, cut twelve 1-inch-deep slits all over beef tenderloin

21

Insert garlic slices into slits

22

Rub pepper all over tenderloin

23

Arrange bacon slices on work surface, overlapping slightly and forming rectangle

24

Place 1 rosemary branch down center of bacon rectangle, perpendicular to bacon slices

25

Place tenderloin atop rosemary branch

26

Place remaining 2 rosemary branches atop tenderloin

27

Wrap bacon slices around tenderloin and rosemary to enclose tenderloin completely

28

Place tenderloin in roasting pan, bacon ends down

29

(Can be assembled 1 day ahead

30

Cover and refrigerate

31

) Roast tenderloin until meat thermometer inserted into center registers 125°F for rare, about 1 hour

32

Remove from oven

33

Tent with foil and let tenderloin stand 10 minutes

34

Transfer tenderloin to cutting board

35

Reserve pan drippings for Broccoli Pancotto , if desired

36

Using large sharp knife, cut tenderloin through bacon and rosemary into 1/2-inch-thick slices and serve