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Well I have been pretty good with my new no-meat/vegetarian/fish diet for the past 6 weeks but my wife still craves a little red meat so yesterday morning when I stopped by the grocery near by to get another fix of raw tuna poke for my lunch I noticed they had some really nicely trimmed lean beef tenderloin fillet marked down. So I bought it, 4 small pieces, really still quite fresh and it said it was from The Big Island which is nice as it is locally sourced and not from some lonesome cow in Nebraska. I also figured that since it is really lean it is a really lean source of protein I would break my diet.
I Goggled some recipe ideas and found one from Jamie Oliver and adapted it for grilling instead of the oven. First I sliced some white mushrooms into thin slices and browned them in a bit of butter in a pan and let them cool. Then I rolled the meat in a some of Herbs de Provence and a mix of salt and pepper. I smeared the top side of the meat with some wasabi from a tube I got for sushi experiments. I wanted that beef Wellington kind of feel mixed with the idea of roast beef with horseradish. Then I shingled the meat with the cooled cooked mushrooms. I laid out 2 slices of prosciutto overlapping and put the meat with the mushrooms down right in the middle and then rolled it up with the ham. I put it on a hot grill for 2-3 minutes and rolled it over and finished cooking it. Served it with some small potatoes roasted in the oven and a side of carrots and a nice glass of Zinfandel red wine. My wife insisted I get a few pictures with my phone camera, here they are.
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