The tenderloin is most tender piece of meat you will ever have the pleasure of biting into. It is soft, juicy, and flavorful without needing anything more than a simple salt and pepper seasoning.
This is a Tenderloin Roast, not cut into medallions.
This roast is a special treat, and the main ingredient of Beef Wellington. Lisa and I used a Serious Eats recipe for an out-of-this-world Christmas dinner. Fun and not nearly as difficult to make as I expected.
A beef tenderloin, known as an eye fillet in Australasia, filet in France, filé mignon in Brazil, and fillet in the United Kingdom and South Africa, is cut from the loin of beef.
These roasts are half of the whole tenderloin muscle.