Peppered Bacon-wrapped Lamb Tenderloin

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 lb mushroom, sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
• 2 (12 ounce) lamb tenderloin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper, ground
• 8 bacon, slices thick
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon pepper, cracked

Recipe

• 1 melt butter and saute mushrooms and onion until tender.
• 2 stir in pecans and set aside.
• 3 flatten lamb to 1/4 thickness and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 4 spread mushroom mixture on one side of thr lamb and roll up like a jelly roll.
• 5 repeat for second tenderloin.
• 6 wrap 4 bacon slices around each rolled tenderloin and secure with wooden picks.
• 7 place seam side down on a greased rack in a roasting pan.
• 8 rub with the brown sugar and cracked pepper.
• 9 bake uncovered at 450 for 15 minutes.
• 10 reduce temp to 400 and back for 15 more minutes.