Pear And Cheese Stuffed Tenderloin

• 1 3/4 cups finely chopped fresh pear
• 1/2 cup minced green onions
• 3 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon cracked pepper
• 1 (4 1/2-pound) beef tenderloin
• Vegetable cooking spray
• 1/4 cup port wine

1. Combine first 5 ingredients in a small bowl, and set aside.
2. Trim fat from tenderloin. Slice tenderloin lengthwise, cutting to, but not through, the center, leaving one long edge intact. Spoon pear mixture into opening of tenderloin. Bring sides of meat back together, enclosing pear mixture, and secure at 2-inch intervals with heavy string. Place tenderloin, seam side down, on a rack in a roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Insert meat thermometer into thickest part of tenderloin, if desired.
3. Brush wine over tenderloin. Heat oven to 500u0b0; place tenderloin in oven. Reduce heat to 350u0b0, and bake, uncovered, for 1 hour or until meat thermometer registers 140u0b0 (rare) to 160u0b0 (medium). Remove from oven, and let stand 10 minutes. Remove string, and cut tenderloin diagonally across grain into 1/4-inch-thick slices; arrange on a serving platter.

fresh pear, green onions, blue cheese, lemon juice, cracked pepper, beef tenderloin, vegetable cooking spray, port wine

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pear-cheese-stuffed-tenderloin (may not work)