Maine Lobster Stuffed Filet Mignon Recipes

MAINE LOBSTER-STUFFED FILET MIGNON

Steps:

• Remove the meat from the refrigerator about 20 minutes before starting to let it come to room temperature.
• Preheat open to 400 degrees.
• Butterfly the beef and season all sides with salt and pepper. Lay the chopped spinach all around the inside. Cut the obster tails in 1/2 lengthwise, lay in a strip in the center of the butterflied filet mignon. Roll up like a cigar and tie with butchers twine creating a tight roulade-style beef roast.
• In a large sauté pan heat to medium-high, add a thin layer of olive oil. Sear the beef on all sides, add the remaining ingredients, and place in oven and roast for 15 minutes for medium-rare.
• Let the meat rest for 10 minutes on a plate tented with foil before slicing.

LOBSTER STUFFED BEEF TENDERLOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a small saucepan combine the buter and minced garlic-keep warm over low heat.
• Cook the lobster tails in boiling salted water until done-about 5 minutes.
• Drain and submerge in cold water to stop cooking process.
• Cut a lengthwise slit in the tenderloin within 1/2 inch from bottom.
• Open.
• Sprinkle with the lemon pepper.
• Remove lobster shells and discard.
• Place tails"tail to end" down the center of your tenderloin.
• Whisk butter-garlic mixture and drizzle 2 T.
• down lobster tails.
• Wrap beef around the tails and tie with cooking twine at 1 and 1/2 inch intervals.
• Place roast on a rack in roasting pan and sprinkle with lemon pepper.
• Roast uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Meat thermometer will read 140 degrees for rare or 150 degrees for medium rare.
• Saute the shallots and mushrooms in the butter garlic mixture until golden.
• Add the wine and heat throughly, reducing just a bit.
• Remove roast and loosely cover with foil.
• Let stand for 5 minutes before carving.
• Cut into thick slices and offer the wine-butter sauce at table.