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Ingredients

• ✓ beef tenderloin filet
• vegetable oil
• black pepper
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Rub the beef with the vegetable oil and season with freshly ground black pepper. Let the beef rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
2. 2 Heat a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Quickly sear the meat about 5 seconds on each side, then remove from skillet. Melt and brown the butter in the skillet. Return the meat to the skillet, and fry 4 to 5 minutes on each side. The outside of the meat should be browned and crisp. Remove from the skillet and let stand for about 5 minutes for the juices to settle.

By Rayna Jordan

Ingredients

• ✓ beef tenderloin filet
• mushroom
• butter
• onion
• salt
• black pepper
• strawberry jelly
• lemon juice
• vanilla ice cream

Instructions

1. 1 Mince mushrooms, then mix with butter, minced onion, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Reserve half of butter mixture, and divide other half over the 4 filets.
2. 2 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place steaks, butter side down, in hot skillet. Spread remaining butter mixture over steaks. Cook to desired doneness, turning once. Transfer filets to a plate, cover loosely with foil, and keep warm.
3. 3 Return skillet to medium-high heat. Stir in reserved mushroom liquid, and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of pan. Add jelly and lemon juice, and simmer until liquid is reduced by half. Stir in ice cream, and cook until sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour over filets, and serve immediately.

By Corine

Ingredients

• ✓ beef tenderloin filet
• olive oil
• kosher salt
• black pepper
• butter
• ginger
• garlic
• shiitake mushroom
• sake
• mirin
• garlic chive
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. 2 Heat olive oil in a large ovenproof skillet over high heat until lightly smoking. Season filets to taste with salt and pepper. Sear until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to oven, and cook to desired doneness, about 12 minutes for medium-rare. When done, allow steaks to rest out of the pan for 5 minutes.
3. 3 Meanwhile, melt 3 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in ginger and garlic, and cook until translucent and aromatic, but not browned, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add shiitake mushrooms and cook 3 to 4 minutes, until softened. Pour in the sake and mirin and simmer until reduced by half. Melt the remaining 3/4 cup butter, then reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until the butter browns, 6 to 8 minutes. Once browned, season to taste with salt and pepper, and stir in the chives. Spoon sauce over steaks to serve.

By Ryan Nomura

Ingredients

• ✓ beef tenderloin filet
• olive oil
• butter
• white mushroom
• shallot
• garlic
• red wine
• puff pastry
• red wine
• salt
• pepper
• egg
• milk

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet over high heat until very hot. Add filets; sear until well browned, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer filets to a plate, cool slightly, then chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Filets must be cold.
2. 2 Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, shallots, and garlic; cook and stir until shallots are tender and translucent and mushrooms release their juices, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons wine, scraping any browned bits of food off the bottom of the skillet. Transfer mushroom mixture to a bowl, cool slightly, then chill in the refrigerator, about 45 minutes.
3. 3 Place 2 puff pastry squares on a work surface; top each with 1 chilled filet. Divide mushroom mixture between filet tops; cover each with 1 remaining puff pastry square. Fold and pinch pastry edges together to enclose filling and seal. Trim pastry to make tidy packages; cut a small slit on top each package.
4. 4 Heat remaining 1 1/2 cups red wine in a saucepan over medium heat; simmer until wine is reduced by half, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper; set aside and keep warm.
5. 5 Whisk egg and milk together; brush pastry packages with egg mixture to help browning. Refrigerate pastry packages to keep cold.
6. 6 Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
7. 7 Place puff pastry packages on the prepared baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is golden brown and crisp and filets reach desired doneness, about 15 minutes for medium-rare. An instant-read thermometer inserted into centers should read 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). Drizzle wine sauce over beef in puff pastry to serve.

By Spencer Serena

Ingredients

• ✓ beef tenderloin filet
• parsley
• butter
• red wine
• beef consomme
• green onion
• all-purpose flour
• butter
• egg
• puff pastry
• foie gras pate
• beef consomme
• red wine
• mushroom
• pepper
• salt
• vegetable oil

Instructions

1. 1 Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season filets with salt and pepper, then fry on each side until browned to lock in juices. Remove from the skillet and set aside to cool slightly.
2. 2 Add mushrooms, wine, and beef consommé to the skillet; cook and stir over medium heat until mushrooms are tender. Use a slotted spoon to transfer mushrooms to a small bowl, reserving the consommé. Mix pâté with mushrooms, adding a little consommé if needed to achieve a spreadable texture. Divide mushrooms among filets and spread on the top. Refrigerate about 30 minutes.
3. 3 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lay puff pastry out on a clean surface and cut out two 5-inch rounds for each steak. You can roll it out a little thinner if you need more area. Place a steak onto a round, and bring the edges up around the sides. Cover the top with a second piece of dough, overlapping the edges and pressing to seal into a package. Repeat with remaining steaks. Place Wellingtons onto a baking sheet, and brush the tops with beaten egg.
4. 4 Bake for about 12 minutes, for rare, 16 minutes for medium, or 20 minutes for well done. For best results use a meat thermometer to determine the temperature of the steaks, with 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) being medium doneness. Remove from the oven and allow to rest for about 5 minutes.
5. 5 While steaks are cooking, make sauce. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly, until browned. Stir in green onions, and cook until tender, about 1 minute. Gradually stir in reserved consommé and remaining 1 cup of consommé; continue to cook and stir until sauce thickens. Reduce heat to low and stir in wine. Continue to simmer until thickened, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in butter and parsley. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. 6 To serve, cut each Wellington in half and spoon some sauce onto the plate.

By MSVIC04