Coffee-Crusted Beef Tenderloin

1 tbsp freshly ground dark roast coffee
1 tsp kosher salt or 1/2 tsp table salt
1 1/2 tsp black pepper, divided
1 (2 pound) beef tenderloin, trimmed
cooking spray
1 tbsp flour
1 (14 ounce) can less sodium beef broth
2 cups brewed dark roast coffee
1 tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup chopped shallots
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp kosher salt or 1/8 tsp table salt
thyme sprigs (opt)

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F
2. Combine ground coffee, 1 tsp salt, and 1 1/4 tsp pepper; gently press o a rack coated with cooking spray in a shallow roasting pan. Bake at 500 degree F for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F; bake tende4rloin for 20 minutes or until a thermometer registers 145 degrees (med-rare)or desired degree of doneness. Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
3. While beef cooks, place flour in a small bowl; gradually add brth and brewed coffee, stirring with a whisk until well blended.
4. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over med heat, add shallots; saute 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in garlic; saute 1 minute. Add beef broth mixture, and bring to a boil over med-high heat, stirring frequently. Cook until sauce is reduced to 1 cup (about 20-25 minutes). Stir in remaining 1/4 tsp pepper, brown sugar, and 1/4 tsp salt. Serve sauce with sliced beef. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.

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This was very good.....pretty spicy for me, so I didn't dare eat to much. Probably not a good idea to make steak with coffee on a Sunday nite, but we will just have to wait and see how it affects ....I may not sleep tonite!

I have never bought shallots before....but I think I will choose shallts over onions any day of the week. I am not an onion person(usually I used minced onion) but shallots are mild and very tasty.

I pretty much did everything exactly but after the steak went in the oven, I decided to make the oven fries from last week's recipe. The potatoes weren't getting done as quick as they needed to so I took the steak out and put them in the sauce and finished they that way.....the sauce didn't reduce as much as it should have but OMG, it was SO tasty.

If you look at the picture, you can see the coffee grounds in the steak....it looks burned but it isn't. I think I am gonna have to make this recipe when my daughter comes home to visit.....I would like to see what the thinks about it.....the steak was a little tough, next time I need to choose a different cut of steak.