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Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day in Iowa. The sun was shining, the wind stopped blowing, and it was cool enough to still wear long sleeves. And then I realized something, it is the middle of May, and there have been no tornadoes! Yes that is a good thing!!! Yet, it is still a bit eerie. I have this feeling of, what is going to happen now?
I am nervously awaiting what Mother Nature has in store for us in the near future. In the meantime, I will grill out as often as possible. No storms, means no rain!!!
Alex was a sweetheart and refilled the gas tank for the grill yesterday, and brought me a Mocha Frappuccino! There is nothing better than Filet Mignon, whether it is wrapped in bacon on the grill or wrapped in puff pastry for Christmas Dinner. This Bacon wrapped Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce is no exception. It is the ultimate special occasion meal, and is so easy to prepare. The meat is the star, and does not need a lot to make it shine.
how to make bacon wrapped filet mignon with red wine sauce:
Season fillets with garlic pepper.
Wrap each fillet with a slice of bacon. Trim the ends so there is no overlap.
Wrap a piece of baker’s twine around the bacon to hold in place.
Place fillets on a hot grill and cook for 5 – 6 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Mine were about 1″ thick.
Boil the red wine and beef stock in a saucepan until reduced by half.
Add the butter slices. Whisk in the Dijon mustard and simmer until combined.
Remove twine and serve.
Hopefully next year I will have both kids home for Mother’s Day…we shall see!!!
more delicious steak recipes:
Shrimp Scampi topped Filet Mignon
Beef Tenderloin with Tomato Butter Shrimp
Enjoy!!
Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce
Ingredients
- 10 ounces filet mignon/beef tenderloin 2) 5 ounce
- 2 Slices uncured bacon thin cut works best
- garlic pepper
Red Wine Sauce
- 3/4 cups red wine I used cabernet savignon
- 1/2 cup beef stock
- 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter sliced
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Season fillets with garlic pepper.
- Wrap each fillet with a slice of bacon. Trim the ends so there is no overlap.
- Wrap a piece of baker's twine around the bacon to hold in place.
- Place fillets on a hot grill and cook for 5 - 6 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Mine were about 1" thick.
- Boil the red wine and beef stock in a saucepan until reduced by half.
- Add the butter slices. Whisk in the Dijon mustard and simmer until combined.
- Remove twine and serve.
That is a huge swing in temperature in just a few days. I bet you must be so pleased to have the warmer weather after enduring such a long winter. I love how when the weather warms, we all want to rush outside and bar-be-cue xx
Hi Lisa, this look so good and perfect… I am ready for some grilling! (your neighbor to the north-MN) Deb
You have me drooling over here! Thanks for sharing at Project Inspire{d}! Another pin for your fabulousness!
Tornadoes?! I’d take the occasional earthquake we have here on the west coast over tornadoes — those sound way too scary for me!
Wow, this is quite the meal! My husband will would be suspicious if I made him a meal this good!
I pinned this one because I have never made a red wine sauce and yours looks delicious. I’m going to give it a try! We have had no tornadoes here yet either and May is our big month for them. But I’m nervous about June, since the seasons seem to be running a little behind!
YUM! Love this!! There’s a new LINK-UP Party going on at thet2women.com and we would love to feature your post!!
OK envious of your large pantry. And love this filet recipe. Thanks for sharing at Swap N Share Sundays
Yum!
Thanks so much for sharing at A Peek Into Paradise TGIF Link Party.
I hope you will come party with us next week and see if you were featured!
Have a great week!
Hugs! Cathy
This looks great, Lisa! Love the recipe 🙂
Linda
I haven’t made bacon wrapped filet in years. Thanks for bringing back the memories. Thanks also for always sharing on FFF.
These look amazing. Thanks for sharing at Saturday Dishes. I hope you’ll return this week when we feature salad recipes. Pinned!
This looks amazing!! YUMMY! Just pinned. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent. Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.
XO
Kathy
I’m so glad to read that the tornado missed you-that was just such an awful event!
Thanks so much for sharing this delicious recipe at the Say G’day Saturday linky party. I have pinned this and shared it on twitter and Facebook.
Best wishes for a wonderful weekend,
Natasha in Oz
YUM- it doesn’t get better than Filets!! Thank you so much for coming to share at Super Saturday Show & Tell! Have a great weekend! xoxo~ Ruthie