Beef Tenderloin With Garlic-horseradish Crust

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 head garlic
• cooking spray
• 1/3 cup prepared horseradish
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (3 lb) beef tenderloin

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 remove papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate cloves).
• 3 coat with cooking spray and wrap in foil.
• 4 bake for 1 hour; cool 10 minutes.
• 5 separate cloves and squeeze to extract garlic pulp.
• 6 discard skins.
• 7 mash garlic pulp and mix with horseradish, salt, basil, thyme and pepper until blended.
• 8 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 9 trim fat from tenderloin; fold under 3 inches of small end.
• 10 rub garlic mixture over roast.
• 11 place tenderloin on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray.
• 12 insert meat thermometer into thickest portion of tenderloiin.
• 13 bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until thermometer registers 145 degrees (rare) to 160 degrees (medium).
• 14 place tenderloin on a platter and cover and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.