Porcini-Crusted Beef Tenderloin With Truffle Butter Sauce

Serves: 3

Camila Dooley

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

47

Sweetness

49

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1

Salt

3 cups

Beef Stock

Directions:

1

Make a deep cut into the top side of tenderloin, about 4 inches from tail end, to facilitate folding the tail end under the roast to give the meat a more uniform thickness

2

Tie roast at 1-inch intervals with kitchen string

3

Heat oven to 350°F with rack in middle

4

Pat tenderloin dry and sprinkle all over with 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper, rubbing into meat

5

Set roasting pan over 2 burners, then add 3 tablespoons oil and heat over medium-high heat until shimmering

6

Brown tenderloin on all sides, about 10 minutes

7

Sprinkle porcini powder evenly on top of tenderloin and roast in oven until thermometer inserted diagonally 2 inches into center of thickest part of meat registers 120°F, 30 to 40 minutes

8

Toward end of roasting tenderloin, stir together truffle butter and flour

9

Heat remaining tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering, and sauté mushrooms with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper until liquid released by the mushrooms evaporates and mushrooms are tender and golden, 10 to 12 minutes

10

Add 2 cups stock to skillet and simmer, stirring up brown bits, 1 minute

11

Remove skillet from heat

12

Transfer tenderloin to a cutting board and let stand 15 minutes (internal temperature will rise to about 130°F for medium-rare)

13

Set roasting pan over 2 burners and add remaining 1 cup stock

14

Bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits, then pour stock into mushroom mixture in skillet

15

Bring mushroom mixture to a boil and whisk in truffle butter mixture, bit by bit

16

Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally until thickened, about 2 minutes

17

Stir in scallion greens and salt and pepper to taste

18

Cut tenderloin into 1/2-inch-thick slices, discarding string, and serve with sauce

19

Make a deep cut into the top side of tenderloin, about 4 inches from tail end, to facilitate folding the tail end under the roast to give the meat a more uniform thickness

20

Tie roast at 1-inch intervals with kitchen string

21

Heat oven to 350°F with rack in middle

22

Pat tenderloin dry and sprinkle all over with 1 teaspoon each salt and pepper, rubbing into meat

23

Set roasting pan over 2 burners, then add 3 tablespoons oil and heat over medium-high heat until shimmering

24

Brown tenderloin on all sides, about 10 minutes

25

Sprinkle porcini powder evenly on top of tenderloin and roast in oven until thermometer inserted diagonally 2 inches into center of thickest part of meat registers 120°F, 30 to 40 minutes

26

Toward end of roasting tenderloin, stir together truffle butter and flour

27

Heat remaining tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering, and sauté mushrooms with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper until liquid released by the mushrooms evaporates and mushrooms are tender and golden, 10 to 12 minutes

28

Add 2 cups stock to skillet and simmer, stirring up brown bits, 1 minute

29

Remove skillet from heat

30

Transfer tenderloin to a cutting board and let stand 15 minutes (internal temperature will rise to about 130°F for medium-rare)

31

Set roasting pan over 2 burners and add remaining 1 cup stock

32

Bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits, then pour stock into mushroom mixture in skillet

33

Bring mushroom mixture to a boil and whisk in truffle butter mixture, bit by bit

34

Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally until thickened, about 2 minutes

35

Stir in scallion greens and salt and pepper to taste

36

Cut tenderloin into 1/2-inch-thick slices, discarding string, and serve with sauce