Beef Tenderloin With Three Spreads

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 lbs beef tenderloin or 4 lbs steaks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt or 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
• 1 tablespoon fresh italian parsley (flat leaf)
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 cup pitted nicoise olives or 1 cup pitted kalamata olive
• 1 small sweet red pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar or 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 ounces crumbled blue cheese, crumbled
• 1/2 cup chopped italian parsley (flat leaf)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon coarse sea salt or 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• sliced radish (optional)
• sliced tomato (optional)
• italian parsley (optional)
• sliced red onion (optional)
• orange slice (optional)
• couple sprigs fresh rosemary (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425°f.
• 2 brush meat with olive oil; sprinkle with rosemary, salt, and black pepper, if using.
• 3 insert meat thermometer into center of one of the roasts.
• 4 for beef, roast uncovered for 35-45 minutes or until thermometer registers 140°f.
• 5 for lamb, roast uncovered, 25-35 minutes or until thermometer registers 160°f.
• 6 allow meat to stand covered loosely with foil, about 10 minutes, to allow juices to reabsorb and meat to firm for easier slicing.
• 7 cut into 1/4 to 1/2-inch slices.
• 8 horseradish mayo:.
• 9 in a bowl stir together all the ingredients; makes 2/3 cup.
• 10 black pepper-olive relish:.
• 11 in a bowl stir together all the ingredients;.
• 12 makes 1-2/3 cups.
• 13 blue cheese-parsley crumble:.
• 14 in a bowl stir together all the ingredients; makes 3/4 cup.
• 15 serve steak slices with one or all three spreads, potatoes,a tomato vinaigrette with greens, a loaf of french warm bread for steaks as well as sopping up the three spreads, and of course some merlot.
• 16 enjoy!