Slow-Roasted Beef Tenderloin | Vacation Dinner Party

When I was catering, sliced Beef Tenderloin was my go-to.  I served it amongst soft rolls for "heavy hors d'oeuvres," on bite-sized toasts for an elegant passed hors d'oeuvres or thickly sliced amongst blue cheese sauce (also based on ane of the Barefoot Contessa's recipes) every bit an entree.
My method for grooming was ever the same, per the Barefoot Contessa's book, Parties, 500 score oven for 30-35 minutes, residuum xv minutes, hence slice.  Fabulous every time.  Well, close every time.  On occasion, I would run into an oven that was every bit good hot or a invitee that would chat amongst me a pair minutes every bit good long, exclusively to uncovering the beautiful beef tenderloin went from perfectly "rare" to "medium" inward a affair of ii minutes.  When cooking it at that super high temp, simply every bit when grilling, y'all must fourth dimension the cooking perfectly to avoid overcooking - or under-cooking.

I read Ina's novel recipe for Slow-Roasted Filet of Beef (beef tenderloin) on our drive to my sisters concluding twelvemonth on Christmas Day, knowing that I was inward accuse of cooking the beef tenderloin for dinner that night.  Ina had changed her melody from fast as well as hot to deadening as well as depression amongst manifestly fabulous results.  Hum... it was a big risk.  Not exclusively was it Christmas as well as everyone was looking forrard to feasting on the traditional beef tenderloin, but I wasn't the ane who had paid for it.  When you're trusted amongst a field of meat for which mortal else forked over $100+, y'all ameliorate know what you're doing!

I spent the three hr drive researching the deadening as well as depression method for beef tenderloin.  After reading several other reviews as well as recipes that claimed the same every bit Mrs. Garten, I asked Mike what he idea I should do?

He said, "What's the mention of the book?"

Foolproof.

I lay our Christmas Dinner fate inward the capable hands of The Barefoot (...even though, I could listen her proverb the dorsum of my head, "Never endeavor a novel recipe when you're entertaining - exclusively tried as well as truthful recipes that y'all know volition operate every time.").

Our Christmas Dinner was a huge success - everyone "oohhing as well as aahhhing" over the perfectly rare, perfectly tender - close silky - beef tenderloin.  I shouldn't accept doubted her for ane minute.
 

When wintertime conditions interrupted concluding year's New Years Eve plans, Mike as well as I opted to rest inward for a nighttime of indulgence.  Beef Tenderloin for two.  

This is what the beef tenderloin department looks similar at my grocery shop during the holidays.  You tin also honour them at Costco.  Typically, tenderloins are 5-6 pounds each, making them perfect for a crowd of 10-14 people, generously.  I called our butcher as well as asked for them to cutting a 2 pound department for me. 

Most butchers are happy to create this because they simply cutting the residuum of the tenderloin into filet steaks to sell.  I also had them cut (the fat) as well as necktie it, every bit y'all tin come across above.

Slow-Roasted Beef Tenderloin

5-6 pound Beef Tenderloin, trimmed of fat, tied
olive oil
Sea Salt
Fresh Cracked Pepper

Trim the fatty from the beef, hence necktie it inward sections amongst cotton fiber twine.  Drizzle amongst olive oil, hence coat inward tabular array salt as well as pepper.  Place on a baking sheet.
*For grooming inward advance, cut fat, necktie as well as house on a baking sheet. Wait until simply earlier roasting to season.

Roast at 275 degrees for 1 hr to 1:20 minutes until the within of the beef reaches 130-135 degrees.  Remove from oven as well as allow residuum for 10 minutes.  Slice 1-inch thick slices.

Photo : Here is the beef baking at 275 degrees afterward a generous tabular array salt as well as pepper.

I covered it amongst foil to allow it rest.

Ready for carving at approx. 10pm on New Years Eve!

One to a greater extent than closeup... 

Perfectly rare all the agency through.  When cooking it at the frigidness vs. high, I works life that it cooks to a greater extent than evenly.  Instead of to a greater extent than "medium-well" ends as well as "rare" center, hence entire tenderloin was hot pinkish as well as juicy, similar to a prime number rib roast.  I highly, highly recommend this method.

See the entire Holiday Dinner Party Menu as well as impress the detailed cooking schedule, here.

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