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Recipe

Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Garlic Sauce and Leek-Tomato Quinoa

serves
prep time: 10
cook time: 92

ingredients

  • Sauce
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 2 large heads of garlic, top 1/3 trimmed to expose cloves
  • 1/2 cup (or more) olive oil
  • Beef
  • 1 1.5 pounds piece beef tenderloin, trimmed
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Leek-Tomato Quinoa
  • Chopped fresh chives

directions

sauce:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine milk and garlic in small saucepan. Simmer, uncovered, over medium heat 10 minutes. Drain, discard milk. Place garlic heads, cut side up, in small ovenproof dish. Pour 1/2 cup oil over. Cover dish tightly with foil. Bake until garlic is soft, about 55 minutes. Remove garlic from oil, cool. Pour oil from dish into measuring cup, add more oil if necessary to measure 1/2 cup total. Squeeze out garlic from peel into blender. Add 1/2 cup broth and garlic oil, puree until smooth, thinning with more broth if desired. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover, chill. Rewarm over medium-low heat and thin with more broth, if desired, before serving.)

beef:

Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Rub beef all over with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill beef to desired doneness, turning often, about 22 minutes for medium-rare. Remove from grill and let stand 5 minutes. Cut beef crosswise into 0.333 inch-thick slices.

Spoon Leek-Tomato Quinoa onto 4 plates. Top with beef, sauce, and chives.