Beef Tenderloin Crostini with Blue Cheese, Mushroom Sauce
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These crostini are absurdly delicious! Melt in your mouth tenderloin is accompanied by fresh spinach and blue cheese mushroom sauce on a warm crostini! Decadent!
Author: Ruth Guerri
Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 10
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs of beef tenderloin (ask your butcher to cut the exact weight)
- 2 tsp of kosher salt
- 2 tsp of black pepper
- 1 Tbs of canola oil or vegetable oil
- 3 Tbs of butter
- 5 cloves of garlic, minced
- fresh rosemary sprigs (optional)
- 1 Tbs of olive oil
- ½ lb of assorted mushrooms, chopped
- ½ cup of heavy cream
- ¼ cup of plain cream cheese
- 4 oz of blue cheese
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 french baguette, sliced ¼ ” thick
- fresh spinach leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 475°
- Bring the beef tenderloin to room temperature, then sprinkle on the salt and pepper. In a large skillet, cast iron if you have one, over high heat, heat the oil almost to the smoking point, add in the beef and 2 tbs of butter and sear for 4-5 minutes per side.
Top the beef with the garlic, 1 more Tbs of butter and rosemary sprigs if using. (If you didn’t use a cast iron skillet, transfer the beef to a roasting pan)
Place in the oven with a meat thermometer and bake for 10 minutes, the temperature should be 120° for rare. - Remove from the oven, let rest and keep warm while you make the sauce. In a medium skillet, saute the mushrooms in 1 Tbs of olive oil until softened and lightly browned, 4 – 5 minutes.
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, add in the cream and bring to a light boil, stir in the cream cheese and crumbled blue cheese.
Whisk until the cheese is melted. Stir the sauteed mushrooms into the cream mixture. Cook on low heat for 5 minutes and stir in salt & pepper to taste. Place your baguettes slices on a sheet pan, drizzle with a little olive oil and bake in a 350 ° oven for 6- 8 minutes.
- To assemble the crostini: Slice the beef about ½ inch thick, place a few spinach leaves on each baguette slice, then spoon on some sauce and then a piece of tenderloin, serve warm or at room temperature. Enjoy!
