Recipe for Beef Tenderloin with Pan-Roasted Pears 
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Yield:
4
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
4 x beef tenderloin fillets - (6 oz ea)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
2 tbl butter or margarine
2 tbl olive oil
3 x Bartlett pears peeled, halved
1 cup Madeira wine
1 x garlic clove pressed
1/4 tsp dried thyme
Instructions:
Instructions: Sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper.

Melt butter with oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add fillets, and cook 5 minutes on each side or to desired degree of doneness. Remove fillets, and keep warm.

Add pear halves to skillet; cook over medium heat 5 minutes on each side or until browned. Add wine, garlic, and thyme; cook 5 minutes or until pear halves are tender. Remove pear halves from skillet, reserving wine mixture in skillet.

Cook wine mixture in skillet over high heat 7 to 8 minutes or until mixture is reduced by half.

Stuff each pear half evenly with blue cheese. Serve with fillets, and drizzle with sauce.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Comments:
This recipe works best with a regular (not nonstick) skillet.

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