Herbed Fillet of Beef with Tomato Madeira Confit
Herbed Fillet of Beef with Tomato Madeira Confit might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 418 calories, 51g of protein, and 17g of fat per serving. A mixture of tomatoes, beef tenderloin roast, water, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Stir together garlic, shallot, herbs, oil, kosher salt, and 2 teaspoons pepper, then rub all over beef. Marinate in a sealed large bag, chilled, 1 day.
Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before roasting.
Cook garlic in oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-low heat, turning occasionally, until golden, 10 to 15 minutes.
Add tomatoes, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, sugar, 1/4 teaspoon table salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 cup Madeira and briskly simmer, stirring frequently and crushing tomatoes with a heatproof rubber spatula, until tomatoes start to break down and oil separates slightly, about 1 hour.
Mash garlic into tomatoes with spatula, then stir in 1/4 cup Madeira. Discard bay leaf.
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
Roast beef in a 17- by 11-inch shallow heavy baking pan until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of thickest part of meat registers 120°F, 35 to 45 minutes.
Transfer to a cutting board and let stand, loosely covered with foil, 15 to 20 minutes (temperature of meat will rise to about 130°F, for medium-rare).
Meanwhile, add water and remaining 1/4 cup Madeira to baking pan and deglaze over medium-low heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 1 minute. Stir into tomato confit.
Cut off and discard string from beef, then cut meat into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
Confit, without pan juices, can be made 3 days ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat and stir in pan juices from beef.