Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 1/2 Plum tomatoes Salt
1 md Onion 1 tb Salad oil
4 ea Beef tenderloin steaks 1/2 ts Sugar
-(filet mignon), each 1 1/2" 1/2 ts Dried basil leaves
-thick (about 1 1/4 lbs) Basil sprig for garnish
1 ts Coarsely ground black pepper

Preheat broiler if manfacturer directs.

Cut each tomato lengthwise in half. Coarsely chop onion. Place
tomatoes, cutside up, and onion in broiling pan. With oven rack, at
closest position to source of heat, broil tomatoes and onion 15 to 20
minutes or until lightly charred. Remove pan from oven; set aside.
When tomatoes are cool enough to handle, discard tomato skins;
coarsely chop tomatoes.

Sprinkle tenderloin steaks with pepper and 1 t salt. In 12-inch
skillet over medium-high heat, in hot salad oil, cook steaks until
underside of meat is browned, 5 minutes; turn meat and cook about 5
minutes longer for rare or until of desired doneness. Remove meat to
warm plate; keep warm.

To drippings in skillet, add tomatoes, onion, sugar, dried basil, and
1/2 teaspoon salt; over high heat, heat to boiling, stirring to break
up tomatoes. Spoon sauce onto warm platter; arrange steaks in sauce.
Garnish with basil sprig.

Good Housekeeping/May'94/scanned fixed by DP GG

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