Beef Tenderloin

• beef tenderloin
• salt pork or bacon
• salt
• pepper
• flour

1. Remove surplus fat and skin from fillet of beef.
2. Lard it with narrow strips of salt pork or bacon.
3. Fold over the ends of the fillet and secure with string or skewers.
4. Season with salt (1/2 tsp (2 ml).
5. of salt per lb.)
6. and pepper.
7. Dredge with flour.
8. Salt and pepper again.
9. Place on a rack in roasting pan in 500 degree (250 C.) oven.
10. Place a piece of salt pork or bacon in the bottom of the pan.
11. Bake the fillet for 20-30 minutes only, according to its size.
12. A fillet of beef, prepared as directed, may also be roasted in a slow oven at 325 degrees (175 C.) for 20-25 minutes per pound.
13. Do not cover or baste.

beef tenderloin, salt pork, salt, pepper, flour

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000977 (may not work)