Kosher Dosher...“I am a culinary Heretic"

Salumi filetto di manzo . Just a fancy way of writing in Italian Salumi beef tenderloin. I am spending so much money on this I wanted it to sound fancy. This is the center cut of the mighty beef tenderloin!!! Not know for its flavor but its tenderness. Also a very lean piece of meat too.   What is a tenderloin? The tenderloin is an oblong shape spanning two primal cuts.  The short loin and the  sirloin.    The tenderloin  sits beneath the ribs next to the back bone.  It has two ends, the butt and the tail. The center cut is used primarily for the very familiar  Filet Mignon .  It is also used for  Chateaubriand  and the famous  Beef Wellington .  We are interested in the center cut or at least I am because I am going to make a very expensive Salumi from this piece.  I purchased my Tenderloin from Costco.   This Salumi project came to me in a dream...

Leek & Porcini Hodgepodge Filet of beef is probably a more accurate title but I thought it was too long. Hodgepodge is a great name because it describes this dish perfectly. This dish has the butt and tail end of the beef tenderloin as an ingredient. This cut of meat is certainly not a requirement for this recipe but I had it so what the heck. I decided to make this dish out of necessity. I had broken down a beef tenderloin to make a special  Salame  which only required the center cut  section. The butt and tail end were left over and I decided to use them to make something worthy.  From the picture above you can distinguish the different sections of the Tenderloin.  Another component to  my fabulous Hodgepodge is  the addition of my  Lamb Prosciutto .  Without this ingredient this dish would have only been delicious and not...