Seared Lamb Tenderloins With Blue Cheese Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (10 -12 ounce) lamb tenderloin
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• kosher salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 red onion, finely diced
• 1/2 cup or 1/2 cup red
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• 1/4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees f.
• 2 dry tenderloins with paper towels and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
• 3 in a saute pan large enough to hold both tenderloins, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
• 4 add tenderloins, and brown well on both sides, about 10 minutes total.
• 5 transfer meat to a small roasting pan, and place in the preheated oven.
• 6 roast to an internal temperature of 150 degrees f., about 15-20 minutes.
• 7 remove from pan and cover loosely with foil, allowing to rest 10 minutes before slicing.
• 8 for the sauce, return the saute pan to medium-high and add the remaining tablespoons of oil and heat until hot but not smoking.
• 9 add onion and saute 7-9 minutes, stirring occasionally until transparent.
• 10 add and chicken stock, stirring for several minutes.
• 11 remove sauce from heat and skim any film off surface, then stir in blue cheese, parsley, salt and pepper; set aside, covering to keep warm.
• 12 slice lamb at an angle about 1 inch thick and drizzle generously with sauce.