Rosemary Beef Fillet

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (3 1/2 lb) trimmed and tied center-cut beef tenderloin, room temperature
• 4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 -6 sprigs fresh rosemary (3-4 inch)
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 pat tenderloin dry, then coat all sides with salt, pepper and garlic.
• 3 tuck rosemary sprigs under strings on all sides of roast, leaving a few inches between each.
• 4 heat oil in a heavy skillet over high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown tenderloin on all sides (but not ends) about 10 minutes.
• 5 transfer pan to oven and roast until thermometer inserted diagonally 2 inches into center of meat registers 120 degrees, 25-30 minutes.
• 6 transfer beef to a cutting board and let stand 15 minutes.
• 7 temperature of meat will rise to about 130 degrees.
• 8 discard string and rosemary sprigs before slicing.