Filets Mignons with Orange Fennel Crust

Ingredients

• 4 1 1/4-inch-thick filets mignons (beef tenderloin steaks; about 7 oz each)
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• ¼ cup fine dry bread crumbs
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ teaspoon fresh orange zest
• + 1 more ingredients
• • ½ teaspoon fennel seeds

Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 500°F. Stir together bread crumbs, fennel seeds, zest, 1 tablespoon oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl until combined well. Pat steaks dry, then sprinkle all over with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoo...

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