Chateaubriand Ala Lamonte

Total Time: 13 hrs Preparation Time: 12 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 4 -5 lbs whole beef tenderloin
• 1 cup chablis
• 1/2 cup cognac
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced thin
• 1 onion, sliced paper thin
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 bay leaf
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 marinate tenderloin overnight in chablis. melt butter in saucepan, add cognac and seasonings; stir well.
• 2 add onions and simmer until mixture cooks down to half volume; add mushrooms, cooking until tender, (about 4 min.).
• 3 remove tenderloin from chablis.
• 4 cut a pocket down side and stuff with onion- mushroom mixture, being careful to remove bay leaf.
• 5 skewer together.
• 6 roast @ 350 degrees, basting frequently with pan juices.
• 7 rare--------1 hours.
• 8 medium-rare ------------1 1/4 hours.
• 9 medium----------1 1/2 hours.