Spiced and Herbed Roasted Beef Tenderloin

Y'all saw the title right?You probably did because if you didn't you probably wouldn't be reading this. So this has herb AND spice. That is a lot of flavor! I love spices and seasonings. I do!! I love to put a bunch of seasonings on.Like when I make lamb I put herbs and a bunch of seasonings on it. I love to do this with lamb but the best ingredient to do this with is beef. Beef is such a tender rich piece of meat.

 

What do y'all see in this picture? Y'all see blast of color right?! Even though it is on one piece of paper and there are so many colors and textures it still works great together. That is like the meat. All the seasonings and textures are on one piece of meat But the finish protect looks and taste amazing. I was always a carnivor. I love rare meat and ribs and big meaty steak. So this beef is up my alley!!!!!!!!!! I love herbs. As a kid we would always,every year  do  a garden. My dad knew how to garden! We would grow tomatoes, squash,peppers, pumpkins, carrots, radishes,even cabbage . My mom would always grow herbs  in these big pots on the deck. We would grow them from seeds and water them everyday and put them in the corner of the deck so they get perfect sunlight. We grew basil,parsley, and rosemary. That was the usual  but we grew other things to. Anyway, the point of this was I grew up growing and cooking with herbs.If you roast something with herbs its always good(if you cook  it right) turkey,chicken,lamb,duck,veal,beef its all cooked a lot with herbs.The herbs juices always soak into the meat and it taste great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!G2G BYE!!!!!!!!


Prep-30minutes
Cook-35 minutes
Ready- 6 hours 55 minutes

Ingredients- 
2 tablespoons fresh rosemary  
 2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves 
2 bay leaves 
m4 cloves garlic 
1 large shallot, peeled and quartered 
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
Salt and Pepper 

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 

2 tablespoons olive oil 

2 (2 pound) beef tenderloin roasts, trimmed 
Directions-
In a food processor, combine rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, garlic, shallot, orange zest, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cloves. Run Add oil- process until smooth. Spread mixture evenly over all sides of tenderloins. Place beef in a large glass baking dish. Cover with tin foil, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.(or over night)Preheat oven to 400 Place tenderloins on a rack in a large roasting pan.Roast beef in preheated oven until meat thermometer  says 140 degrees when inserted into center of beef, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven, and cover loosely with foil- let stand for 10 minutes. Slice beef, serve and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Recipe adapted from-Allrecipes