Elegant Beef Tenderloin - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (5 lb.) beef tenderloin, trimmed
1 1/4 tsp. garlic salt
1 c. Burgundy wine
1/4 c. soy sauce
3/4 c. butter
1 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning
grapes (optional)
celery leaves (optional)
lemon zest (optional)

Preparation

Place tenderloin on a lightly greased, shallow roasting pan; sprinkle with garlic salt.
Bake at 425\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Combine wine, soy sauce, butter and lemon pepper seasoning in a small saucepan; cook until mixture is thoroughly heated.
Pour over tenderloin; bake an additional 30 to 40 minutes or until a thermometer registers 140\u00b0 (rare), basting occasionally with pan drippings.
(Bake until thermometer registers 150\u00b0 for medium rare or 160\u00b0 for medium.)
If desired, garnish with grapes, celery leaves and lemon zest.