Filet Mignon with Garlic Toasts
1
Points®
Total time: 49 min • Prep: 18 min • Cook: 31 min • Serves: 64 • Difficulty: Easy
This easy appetiser is also quite elegant. Impress your New Year's Eve guests with the wonderfully fresh flavours of the homemade garlic paste.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 spray(s)
Garlic
8 clove(s), large, peeled (or to taste)
Olive oil
1 tbsp(s)
Fresh lemon juice
1 tsp(s)
Table salt
¾ tsp(s)
Black pepper
¼ pinch(es)
Fresh parsley
1½ tbsp(s), fresh, finely minced
Uncooked trimmed beef tenderloin
2 pound(s), trimmed and tied (from butcher)
French bread
24 oz, cut into sixty four 1/3-inch-thck slices
Instructions
1
Coat a large roasting pan with cooking spray. Set pan on middle rack in oven and then preheat oven to 425ºF.
2
Combine garlic, oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and parsley in a small bowl; mash to a fine paste using back of a wooden spoon (or you can use a mortar and pestle). Set aside about 1/3 of garlic paste for use on the meat (the other 2/3 will be for the toasts).
3
Wash beef and pat dry with paper towels. Rub about 1/3 of garlic paste on meat. Place meat in preheated roasting pan and cook about 22 minutes for medium rare or 24 minutes for medium.
4
Remove meat from oven and place on a cutting board. Loosely cover meat with aluminum foil and let stand 15 to 20 minutes (meat will continue to cook slightly). Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF.
5
Meanwhile, spread tops of bread slices with garlic paste; place in a single layer on baking sheets. Bake until slightly toasted, about 5 to 7 minutes.
6
Remove strings from meat and slice against the grain into 32 very thin pieces; slice each piece in half. Place a slice of meat on each garlic toast and serve. Yields 1 piece per serving.
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