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| Beef Tenderloins for Two By Catherine Chandler and Morty the Meat Guy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ingredients 2 teaspoons cracked whole black peppercorns 2 beef tenderloins steaks cut 1 inch thick (about 10-ounces total) 2 tablespoons margarine or butter 2 teaspoons margarine or butter 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour Dash salt Dash ground pepper 1/3 cup half-and-half, light cream, or milk 1 tablespoon horseradish mustard Directions Prep Time: 12 minutes Sprinkle cracked black pepper over both sides of steaks pressing pepper into steaks Then In a heavy 8-inch skillet melt the 2 tablespoons margarine or butter Add steaks to skillet and cook uncovered over medium-high heat for 4 minutes (If steaks brown too quickly, reduce heat to medium.) Turn steaks over Cook 3 to 4 minutes more for medium-rare to medium doneness Transfer steaks to two dinner plates Cover to keep warm. Meanwhile The sauce in a small saucepan melt the 2 teaspoons margarine or butter Stir in flour, salt, and the dash of ground pepper Add cream or milk all at once Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly Cook and stir for 1 minute more Stir in horseradish mustard Remove from the heat To serve, pour the sauce around the steaks If desired, drizzle steaks with a little sauce and then...pour the wine! Taste of the Tunnels Index Page |
| A Dinner for Vincent! Catherine wanted to prepare a special dinner for Vincent on his Birthday. So she stopped at Morty's Meat Market, on her way home from work, and asked him for help! She asked him to suggest something special to prepare for a very special man. He advised her, that she could not go wrong feeding a guy a good slab of beef! And the best slab, was definitely...a beef tenderloin! So he cut her a couple of tenderloin steaks, and after wrapping them up in some white freezer paper, he asked if there was anything else that he could do for her. She then desperately said, "Yes...now I need to know how to cook these things!" He wiped his brow, and exasperatingly said, "Oh Cathy, don't tell me you never cooked a tenderloin before! Had I known...I never would have subjected these two beautiful cuts of beef to a doomed fate at the hands of a novice cook!" Catherine pleaded, "Morty please! No scolding...just please give me a recipe!" Morty then said, "Maybe you would rather cook a couple of Wieners...you can't do much harm to them..." Catherine again begged, "Morty, I don't want to cook Vincent Hot Dogs for his Birthday Dinner! Please help me!" Morty looked suspiciously at Catherine, and he then checked the calendar, and noticed that it was the 12th of January. He knew that today was also Vincent's Birthday...his good friend from the Tunnels! Could it be that Catherine was talking about the same Vincent! Morty has been a helper to the people of the Tunnels for years, and he knew Vincent very well. He then put Catherine to the test by saying.... "So you are making this for a guy named Vincent uh? Is his last name Wells?" Catherine gasped, and guardingly said, "Could be..." Morty said, "Say no more Cathy...I'll tell you what, who ever this Vincent guy is...try this recipe...you can't go wrong." He then tore the recipe from his cookbook, and knew by the look on Catherine's face that it was for Vincent from the Tunnels! As she profusely thanked him, and then with a glance back, Morty winked at her and said, "Well tell this Vincent...I hope he has a great Birthday and that he is a very lucky fella!" Catherine smiled back and said, "I will Morty, and thank you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We all want to thank you for the great recipe Morty! |
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