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Smoked Filet Mignon Wrapped in Applewoood Bacon with Herb Butter and Gorgonzola Cheese

There is something special about cooking beef over a charcoal briquette fire. It infuses the meat with a kiss of smoke and flavor you cannot get from a skillet or oven broiler. You can take a classic French recipe like bacon-wrapped filet mignon from great to awesome by following these simple steps.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Smoked Filet Mignon Wrapped in Applewoood Bacon with Herb Butter and Gorgonzola Cheese

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Smoked Filet Mignon Wrapped in Applewoood Bacon with Herb Butter and Gorgonzola Cheese

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

518Calories
29 gProtein
43 gFat
1 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Canola oil + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Olive + canola oiltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together245 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Olive + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Canola oil + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together566 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, canola oil, butter):

  1. Garlicthe original
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Capersfits less well
  4. Parsleyfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, canola oil, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.