Double Smoked Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon with Caramelized Mushrooms topped with Blue Cheese

Ingredients

• 2 strips double bacon smoked
• 1 tablespoon cheese blue crumbled
• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 12 ounce filet mignon steaks room temperature
• 1 handful parsley 
• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• 8 ounces mushrooms sliced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1  onion diced
• 0.5 cup red wine 
• 2 servings salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon thyme leaves chopped

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat.
2. Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
3. Add the garlic and thyme and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
4. Add the mushrooms and saute until they turn golden brown and caramelize, about 15-20 minutes.Meanwhile heat the oil in an oven safe pan over medium high heat.Season both sides of the filet mignon with salt and pepper and wrap the bacon around holding it together with a toothpick.Sear both sides of the filet mignon in the pan until slightly caramelized, about 2 minutes per side.
5. Transfer the pan to a preheated 375F oven and cook for 4-6 minutes for medium rare., If your filets are 2 inches thick cook for a minute or two longer.Set the filet mignon aside to rest for 5 minutes.
6. Add the wine to the pan that the filet mignon was cooked in and deglaze it.
7. Transfer the wine to the pan with the mushrooms and deglaze it.
8. Add the butter and simmer to reduce the sauce by half.Season with salt and pepper, remove from heat and mix in the parsley.
9. Serve the filet mignon on the mushrooms and top it with the blue cheese.