Pepper-Crusted Filet Mignon

Name: Pepper-Crusted Filet Mignon
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons black peppercorns, cracked (see illustration below); 5 tablespoons olive oil, plus 2 teaspoons; 1 tablespoon kosher salt; 4 center-cut filets mignons, 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick, 7 to 8 ounces each, trimmed of fat and silver skin

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Black peppercorns bring a welcome flavor boost—but also a punishing blast of heat--to this mild-tasting cut. Could we lose the pain without giving up the flavor?

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Ingredients

5 tablespoons black peppercorns, cracked (see illustration below)
5 tablespoons olive oil, plus 2 teaspoons
1 tablespoon kosher salt
4 center-cut filets mignons, 1 1/2 to 2 inches thick, 7 to 8 ounces each, trimmed of fat and silver skin