Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Mushrooms and White Wine Cream

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

1 (4-5) pound whole beef tenderloin, trimmed of fat

2 tablespoons dijon mustard

1/4 cup peppercorns, crushed, or fresh balck pepper

kosher salt

16 ounces cremini mushrooms, halved

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

4 tablespoons salted butter

1/2 cup white wine (or chicken broth)

2 tablespoons salted butter

2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme

2 cups heavy cream or whole milk

1/3 cup grated parmesan

kosher salt and pepper

Directions

1. Allow the beef to come to room temperature for at least 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. 2. Rub the beef with mustard and season generously with peppercorns and salt.3. In a large oven safe skillet, toss the mushrooms with olive oil, salt and pepper. Place the beef over the mushrooms and insert a meat thermometer. Add the butter to the top of the beef. Transfer to the oven and roast until the beef registers 120 to 125 degrees F for medium-rare/rare, about 25-40 minutes, dependent on the size of your roast. 4. Remove the beef and mushrooms from the skillet to a serving plate and cover will foil. Let rest 10 minutes before slicing.5. Meanwhile, make the cream sauce. Place the same skillet used to roast the beef over high heat. Add the wine and scrape up any browned bits off the pan. Simmer 3-5 minutes or until the wine has reduce by about 1/3 to 1/2. Add the butter and thyme and continue cooking another 2 minutes until the butter has melted into the sauce. Slowly pour in the cream and bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer 5 minutes or until the sauce has thickened slightly. Remove from the heat and stir in the parmesan. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.6. Slice the beef and serve with the warm cream sauce and roasted mushrooms.

Nutrition

• Calories: 503 kcal
• Total Fat: 80 g
• Saturated Fat: 38 g
• Cholesterol: 258 mg
• Sodium: 366 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 4 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 45 g