Spiced Beef Tenderloin

Name: Spiced Beef Tenderloin
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 kilograms whole beef tenderloin (about , tied as a roast (see Notes); 2 Tbsps black peppercorns (or a mix of black and green peppercorns); 2 Tbsps coarse kosher salt; 6 Tbsps packed dark brown sugar; 4 garlic cloves, coarsely crushed into slivers; 2 teaspoons ground allspice; 2 teaspoons ground cardamom; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil, divided

Spiced Beef Tenderloin is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 2 servings. This recipe covers 59% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 3434 calories, 208g of protein, and 263g of fat per serving. If you have beef tenderloin, peppercorns, ground cardamom, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the ground nutmeg you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Nutmeg Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Grind peppercorns in an electric spice grinder (or clean coffee grinder) to a medium grind. In a small bowl, combine pepper, brown sugar, salt, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, coriander, cardamom, and cloves; whisk to combine. Rub meat sparingly with crushed garlic slivers, then rub all over with spice mixture.

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Brown Sugar

Peppercorns

Coriander

Allspice

Cardamom

Clove

Coffee

Garlic

Ginger

Nutmeg

Pepper

Meat

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Whisk

Bowl

Cut tenderloin crosswise in half. Wrap each half very tightly with several layers of plastic wrap (so that it looks swaddled), put in a rimmed pan, and refrigerate 4 days.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Frying Pan

Preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a large frying pan (not nonstick) over high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add 1 piece of meat and sear until well browned on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes.

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Meat

Transfer to a rimmed baking pan and repeat with remaining oil and beef.

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Beef

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Transfer baking pan to oven and cook meat until an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part registers 135, 20 to 30 minutes. (Halves may not cook at the same rate; after meat has been in the oven 20 minutes, begin taking temperature of both pieces of meat every 5 minutes.)

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Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer