Beef Tenderloin Fillet & Grape Sauce

Beef Tenderloin Fillet & Grape Sauce

Directions for: Beef Tenderloin Fillet & Grape Sauce

Ingredients

Beef Tenderloin Fillet

6 beef tenderloin fillets

6 bacon strips

Grape Sauce

1 bottle of La Palma Merlot Reserve 2001

1 L (5 cups) of meat stock

5 shallots, finely chopped

2 leeks, chopped

110 g mushrooms

2 onions, finely chopped

70 black grapes, halved

1 sprig of rosemary

sugar, to taste

salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

Beef Tenderloin Fillet

1. Wrap bacon around fillets. Seal with olive oil and butter in a very hot pan. Reduce heat and cook to taste.

Grape Sauce

1. Stir fry onions, leeks with butter on high.

2. when brown add 80 grape halves and saute lightly. Add wine gradually, stirring as being poured. Lower heat to reduce sauce by half.

3. Add sugar, meat stock and sprig of rosemary and let simmer until it reduces to half again.

4. Remove from heat.

5. Blend and filter. Adjust seasoning, if necessary.

6. Pour back into pan, add mushrooms and the 60 remaining grape halves.

7. Heat and serve on top of fillets.

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