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Pan Seared Bison Tenderloin with Herb Butter

Recipes

A ranch favorite, quick and easy delicious pan seared bison tenderloin recipe.  We work long days, and work up a big appetite, but usually don’t have a lot of time to spend hours preparing our daily healthy meals. We love to keep things simple, and of course we favor Big Sky Bison’s 100% pasture raised rich and lightly sweet bison meat. This quick and easy but delicious recipe can be served any way you like, however we prefer serving the pan seared tenderloin with baked root vegetables, topped with herb butter and paired with a nice a red wine.  With this herd butter and black truffle infused bison fillet we like to pair with a Decoy 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon.

Preparation takes 10 minutes and cooking takes around 45 minutes total.  Serves 2 hungry ranch hands.

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Ingredients

  • Two 8 oz. bison tenderloin filets

  • 4 tbsp. softened butter

  • 1 tsp. minced garlic

  • 1 tsp. chopped fresh parsley

  • 1 tsp. Salt and freshly ground pepper

  • 1 tsp. Herbs de Provence

  • 3 tbsp. Black Truffle infused Olive Oil

  • Two Japanese Sweet potatoes sliced into half inch

  • Two Golden Beets sliced into half inch

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Add sliced vegetables to baking sheet, drizzle olive oil and slat and pepper to taste
  3. For herb butter, mix butter, garlic and spices in a small bowl, chill slightly
  4. Bake vegetables and caste iron pan for 30 minutes, flip vegetables and put back in oven
  5. Rub salt, pepper and black truffle infused olive oil onto bison filets
  6. Put caste iron skillet onto burner on high heat
  7. Add bison filets and sear for 2 minutes per side
  8. Transfer skillet to oven and cook for 6 minutes for rare and 8 minutes for medium rare
  9. Transfer filets to plates, add a dollop of the herbed butter to each steak and arrange vegetables nice and tidy
  10. Pour a glass of red wine, and enjoy a delicious and nutritious meal of Pure-Prairie-Protein!