Originally Posted by Goomba38

For Christmas I was given a cookbook by Emeril,
called "Pot Luck, Comfort Food with a Kicked up
Attitude." Well, alrighty then. I'm not nuts
about Emeril usually, but felt obligated to give
the book a try? His recipe for Cajun mustard herb
tenderloin sounded good, and he suggests a recipe
for Roasted potato and garlic salad. Damn! Between
the 8 cloves of garlic smashed on to the
tenderloin, and the entire head roasted and used
in aioli ...No vampires would not be bothering us
last night!!

I've never done a tenderloin before. Bought a 4.5
pound one at the Commissary for $8.42 a pound (is
that a good price??)
It also called for a "bunch" of fresh Rosemary and
a "bunch" of fresh Thyme and 8 cloves are garlic
minced fine. How big is a "bunch' in your world? I
have no clue? Lets just say once I got all those
leaves off the Rosemary, my "bunch" got a lot
smaller. And missing a stem, but finding it in
your mouth after cooking, isn't all that nice. :/
Pan browned the tied tenderloin, then coated in
dijon mustard. Next it is coated in the minced up
herbs and garlic (ok, I cheated and tried using
the Cuisinart) and then in to the oven it goes.

Directions called for roasting about 25 min at 400
or so until the thermometer read 120 but by that
time Son-in-law, the mighty hunter, is freaking
because the juices oozing from the thermometer
hole are still blood red. I tried explaining to
him about resting and residual heat but he wasn't
buying it. Geeez. So we toss it back in for
another 10 min or so. It was brown inside on the
ends but thankfully still hinted pink by the time
we hit the middle. I never knew he was such a
wuss, lol. This is a guy who hunts and prepares
his own deer every year!? Next time we're going to
take that puppy out at 120 and keep it outta his
view until serving. End result was still a lovely
roast then was tender and very tasty.

Not sure I'll do it again, but for the price I'm
relieved it turned out as nice as it did? I later
heard that the SIL (aka The Mighty Hunter) praised
it repeatedly after he went home. He is usually so
quiet about food that I take this as high praise
indeed. I could have sent him home with a pound
leftover.
Goomba