Bacon and Sage Wrapped Beef

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~ Mary ~

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I’m on a roll with Francis Mallman.  If you haven’t seen his new cookbook, Seven Fires, do yourself a favor and at least check it out of the library.  The photos are vivid and mouth-watering.  The recipes are not only enticing, but all are pretty easy and best of all, every one that I’ve tried has been mighty tasty.

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And a lot of them don’t even require a grill.  Take this one for example.  It’s done in a cast iron pan and cooked over some coals, but no one would have known the difference if I had made it indoors.  Except for maybe the smell of bacon lingering long after the meal was through.  Maybe then, but that’s in a good, torturing way.

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Bacon and Sage Wrapped Beef

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This one is simple beyond words, but who would have thought to combine these three simple ingredients in this way.

Start with some Tender Beef (filet, tenderloin, rib-eye) cut them into 1′ x 2″ long cubes.

Cut some Fresh Sage

Par cook some Thick strips of Bacon in the microwave, then cut them in half.

Follow the photos above and either tuck the bacon in at the end or use a toothpick.

Pan fry until bacon is crispy and beef is medium rare to medium.