Char grilled beef fillet with peppercorns

When you want to serve beef and you dont want anything to go wrong.....This is a very impressive and simple method.
Ingredients;
Whole beef fillet
2 tablespoons roughly crushed black pepper corns
coarse sea salt
 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh rosemary.
Quarter cup good olive oil.
about 3 knobs of butter.
Finely chopped garlic to taste.
Method.
Rub the meat with the rosemary,salt and a little garlic.
Dont overdo any of the spices. You can rub with finely chopped fresh garlic and the rosemary, but the one flavor should be more dominant than the other.
Put the cracked peppercorns into a very hot,heavy bottom cast iron pot or skillet. Let it just start to smoke then pour it out onto a large plate or board and roll the whole fillet in the hot peppercorns.

Chargrilled beef fillet with pepper corns

Put the butter and olive oil into the heavy pan/pot and blacken the fillet well. You will need to turn it 2 or 3 times. This should take about 10 to 15 minutes if your pan is hot. The meat will be rare at this stage although chargrilled outside. Put it into a hot oven if you wish to cook it further. Another 10 minutes for medium rare; another 5 minutes for medium.
Serve with parsley butter baby potatoes.
You could also serve this with any variation of sauces  you choose but avoid using the pan juices...they will be bitter!