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Today’s Recipe
On the seventh day of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway, my true love gave to me…this Holiday Beef of Filet recipe from Vacu Vin Co.
Holiday Beef of Filet
Serves 8 – 10
Ingredients:
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup honey
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/3 cup dry red wine
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh garlic
- 2 tablespoons fresh ground black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 ½ – 5 pound whole beef filet or tenderloin
Instructions:
- Place all marinade ingredients into a large zip-top bag and shake to mix. Add the beef and marinate using the VacuVin Marinator as instructed for 15 minutes. Or allow to marinate at room temperature for 45 minutes or in the refrigerator up to 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove beef from marinade and discard bag and contents. Place beef on a roasting rack in a heavy roasting pan and roast to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (about 1 to 1½ hours, depending on thickness) for medium rare, longer for more well done meat.
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For holiday parties, I put out ham and. Roast beef for a choice of main dish. It’s buffet-style so everything is set out. So people can choose what they want..
Turkey by a landslide
Nothing better than a delicious roast beef.
usually pork roast
My favorite main dish at holiday parties is Brown Sugar Glazed Ham!
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My favorite holiday meal is ham, it’s easy to change it up with different glazes.
No if and or butts BEEF.
My favorite dish for holiday parties would be honey glazed ham.
there is nothing as dramatic as a glazed turkey
Those BBQ weenies, of course!
I love to make potato pancakes and homemade apple sauce with chicken breasts, try new fancy recipes to change it up a bit, like stuffing them, baking them with a peach and honey glaze, or roasting them with peach jam and a basting of gingerale, yes gingerale,
beef beef or roast beast haha
My favorite main dish for holiday parties is prime rib.
Usually a turkey or a ham sometimes both
My favorite main dish for holiday parties is turkey. It’s lighter than beef and is popular. There are rarely leftovers.
My favorite main dish is rye bread with dried beef dip!
Leg of Lamb.
prime rib
Christmas dinner is always celebrated with a prime rib dinner.
Glazed ham, but we vary the glaze almost every time.
roast turkey with gravy 🙂
Rare prime rib is the bomb!!
For parties other than our actual Christmas dinner, I guess it would be ham and/or roast beef.
My favorite/problem is I enjoy the whole meal!
Standing rib roast!
I make homemade bread from scratch. I love the kneading and watching the bread rise smell of bread fresh out of the oven and my family must love it just as much, before dinner gets on the table everyone has to have a slice of the fresh bread straight out of the oven, some with lots of butter, others just bread!
I always do a turkey for Christmas but I make a lasagna too.Both are popular.
Favorite Holiday main dish is Beef Wellington.
Has to be Christmas cookies! The only time of year they are available. The other foods we can have any time we want!
ham with my brothers ham gravy
It’s all about the ham on xmas. Love a nice ham.
My Fav easy main dish for holiday parties is Steak Salad>>>a platter of thinly sliced steak, one with mixed lettuce and one with fries and fresh garlic bread
we have turkey as the main dish for almost every holiday
I make a great cherry cheesecake for Christmas.
I like roast beef or roasted pork tenderloin
prime rib
Prime Rib. Ham is easy.
This would be so wonderful instead of waiting overnight to get a good marinade on.
chicken and cornbread dressing
gotta love a good roast
Turkey it is awesome the way I fix it.
beef rouladen & red cabbage
Usually a ham & Rosie’s potatoes; along with a list of ever changing side dishes. Also to finish it off; my home made bakalava
Very cool!
I love to prepare a good roast beef for the holidays, however if I am pressed for time, a spiral sliced ham is always popular and delicious.
Beef Tenderloin!
My favorite main dish is the turkey!!
I love ham for the main dish for holidays.
My favorite dish is turkey with homemade gravy.
My favorite dish is a glazed ham for Holiday gatherings!
Turkey is my favorite holiday main dish.
Turkey with all the fixings, by far the favorite of all of us.
No question – brown sugar/pineapple glazed ham
I like to make a baked ham for Christmas dinner
My favorite main dish is our Gumbo, it’s so good!
My family favorite meal for Christmas is brunch
For a party, a ham and a turkey. For myself, leg of lamb.
Stuffed Gratinee Portobello Mushrooms
I like ham mostly
I like ham the most
I like to serve turkey
we like prime rib
Standing Rib Roast – it’s a Christmas tradition
Prime rib roast
My favorite main dish for any party varies, but always wants to be something simple to fix and fabulous. Smoked turkey is pretty good with cranberry relish and a green salad.
I like making pizza as a main dish. Most people enjoy it and it’s very easy to make vegetarian friendly.
Pork wellington and either Creole or deep fried turkey.
Prime rib definitely.
We usually have a ham for the holidays.
I like to serve ham with cloves and a honey glaze.
By far best main dish for all holiday seasons is meat of choice – for us – typically this is a deep fried turkey with mashed potatoes, corn (fresh from garden that has been bagged and frozen for cold months), and last but not least homemade coleslaw. It is the best rounded meal that my family has been eating for years and will continue for many more!!
We love to make lasagna
Smoked Turkey
I like to make chicken. I know that it is not really traditional but we like chicken.
For brunch, it has to be homemade Kringle. For supper, either seafood or prime rib 🙂
I like the chicken and dressing. It just screams “holiday” to me.
We like to make a chicken with all the sides.
I love holiday smoked ham!!!
Pistachio crusted beef tenderloin
My favorite main dish is a red wine braised brisket for the holidays.
Both turkey and ham are on the table
Favorite main dish for the holidays is my glazed ham!
Tuurkey is first holiday choice. If I entertain more than once during the season, I go for ham or roast.
favorite is a good tender prime rib with nice horseradish sauce
prime rib!
My favorite holiday dish is turkey and noodles, yum!
A juicy turkey and a tender beef roast in my favorite! We make both for our holiday dinners!
My favorite main dish is Honeybaked Ham.
I love making cauliflower mashed potatoes
My favorite main dis for the holidays is ham!!
Calico Beans
Seafood Gumbo – it’s a must in south Louisiana.
I like to make turkey for holiday parties
A Deep fried turkey is always a hit.
A humongous party sub.
Fried turkey, injected with all kinds of buttah.
Favorite main dish at parties is usually ham, turkey or both!
I like to serve a ham and a roast beef!
They are usually small,so generally a nice roast chicken.Thanks!
Our favorite main dish for the Holidays is smoked turkey
At Christmas I love to make ham.
I like serving veggie lasagna
Beef roast or ham
Our favorite main dish is a pepper and spice encrusted grilled whole beef tenderloin.woth sautéed mushrooms , Twice baked potatoes, and bundles of haricots verts along with an au jus gravy.
I love Ham!
i like prime rib
Ham & Scalloped Potatoes
Honey baked ham
My favorite main dish is my lasagna.
Turkey on blue(slice of ham and turkey topped with blue cheese dressing).
My favorite main dish for holiday parties is mostacholi.
Something comforting like Lasagna or Baked Ziti
I love prime rib! But only if it’s for a small crowd, that stuff is expensive! haha!
My favorite main dish would be baked macaroni and cheese.
I usually do a ham, rice, potato and garden
Chicken Wings
Ham. Spiral sliced ham, on those soft potato rolls….
Smoked Cornish Game Hens stuff with Clam and scallop stuffing
My favorite is Honey Glazed Ham!!
Turkey!
My favorite main dish for holiday parties is baked ham.
Ham is great.
Prime rib is my favorite.
My favorite holiday meal is Ham with Green Bean Casserole.
The deviled eggs!
Ham
I love a good ham for the holidays.
My absolute favorite dish would be my Cheesy Potatoes, everyone loves them. Its even a kid fan. I usually have to do a double batch.. My second would be my homemade honey bread.. So yummy. I’m a fan of some good home made cooking on the holidays!!! Thank you for a chance at winning..Happy Holidays
I like lasagna. Thank you
Glazed ham, of course.
I love a good holiday chicken sausage gumbo
I make a kick-butt awesome greek pork tendorloin
My favorite main dish would be Fettuccine Alfredo…goes great with whatever spread is on the table 🙂
My favorite is Fettuccine Alfredo….goes great with whatever spread is on the table 🙂
my fav main dish for holiday parties is Lamb
I like turkey.
Turkey, always turkey
Turkey, always turkey
My favorite main dish for the holidays are turkey for Thanksgiving and ham for Christmas
Prime Rib and Lasagna…yummmmm! Happy holidays from Texas y’all!
My favorite is pot roast.
My favorite main dish is prime rib.
Thank You for the giveaway… Baked Ham & Roast Beef !
Prime Rib!
Turkey with sausage stuffing.
I love making a sweet and spicy tenderloin.. it’s always a hit!
Green Chile Mac and cheese.
ham is always best
I make roast chicken for the main dish at holiday parties.
Roast beast. 🙂