Juniper-Flavored Filets Mignons

Name: Juniper-Flavored Filets Mignons
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 2 h 12 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 piece beef tenderloin, trimmed (about 2½ pounds), or 6 filet mignon steaks (about 6 ounces each); 2 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried; Coarse salt and black pepper 1 piece (1 inch) butter (2 tablespoons) Shallot Marmalade (optional); 2 cups dry red wine; 1 rib celery, finely chopped; 6 strips bacon or pancetta (Italian bacon); 2 bay leaves; 2 teaspoons juniper berries or 1 tablespoon gin; ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 shallots, thinly sliced; 2 cloves garlic, crushed with the side of a cleaver; 1 carrot, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

1 piece beef tenderloin, trimmed (about 2½ pounds), or 6 filet mignon steaks (about 6

Americas
United States
Main course
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

If using tenderloin, cut into filet mignon steaks, as shown in Preparing the Meat, Step 1. Wrap each filet mignon with a strip of bacon, as shown in Steps 2 and 3, securing it with butcher’s string.
Place the wine in a nonreactive bowl or measuring cup and stir in the shallots, ce