Recipe for Tucson Tenderloin with Wild Sauce 
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Yield:
8 Servings
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
6 x Dried New Mexican chiles
2 tbl Cracked black peppercorns
2 tsp Kosher salt
1 x Beef (7- to 8-pound) tenderloin, trimmed
1 tbl Olive oil
Wild Sauce
Garnish: fresh oregano sprigs
----------------- WILD SAUCE ----------------
2 tbl Butter or margarine
1/2 cup Chopped sweet onion
2 tbl Minced garlic
2 tsp Dried chili powder
3/4 cup Dry red wine
1 cup Sliced portobello mushrooms
1 cup Sliced shiitake mushrooms
1 cup Sliced white mushrooms
1/2 cup Chicken broth
1/2 cup Tomato sauce
2 tbl Honey
1/2 tsp Kosher salt
Instructions:
Instructions: Wild Sauce: Melt butter in a 10-inch skillet; add onion, and saute until tender. Stir in garlic and chili powder; cook 2 minutes. Add wine; simmer, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes or until liquid is reduced to 1/4 cup.

Add mushrooms; cook 5 minutes. Stir in broth and tomato sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring often, 15 minutes. Whisk in honey, salt, and pepper.

Makes 3 cups.

Bake chiles on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet at 350 for 2 minutes.

Cool; remove stems and seeds. Pulse chiles in a blender until coarsely chopped. Toss with pepper and salt in a 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan. Tie tenderloin with twine at 3-inch intervals. Rub with oil, and roll in chile mixture; place tenderloin on pan. Bake at 450 for 12 minutes; turn and bake 12 more minutes or until meat thermometer registers 145

(medium-rare). Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices, and serve with Wild Sauce and garnish.

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