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Name: Beef Wellington
Prep time: 1 h 9 min
Cook time: 48 min
Total time: 1 h 57 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 750 g beef; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 shallot; 300 g mushrooms; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon parsley; 30 g Foie gras; 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée); 1 buckwheat pancake; 20 g beaten egg; salt; pepper

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Beef Wellington

Beef Wellington consists of a beef fillet (or tenderloin) that is first seared, then cooked in the oven in a puff pastry crust stuffed with a mushroom duxelles and morsels of foie gras.

The recipe is rather long, but fairly straightfoward. Here I show you all the tips to help you make it sucessfully yourself.

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Last modified on: September 7^th 2018

For 6 people, you will need:

1 : 750 g beef
2 : 2 tablespoons oil
3 : 1 shallot
4 : 300 g mushrooms
5 : 4 tablespoons olive oil
6 : 1 tablespoon parsley
7 : 30 g Foie gras
8 : 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
9 : 1 buckwheat pancake
10 : 20 g beaten egg
11 : salt
12 : pepper
Total weight: 1,480 grams

Change for: 2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

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How long does it take?

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
55 min.	14 min.	48 min.	1 hour 57 min.

Preservation: Should be eaten immediately

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Step by step recipe

1	Prepare the beef Ask your butcher for a good chunk of fillet in one piece. Salt and pepper all over.	2 min.
2	Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, brown the beef all over. Note: this is not to cook it, just colour the outside for about 1 minute on each side.	4 min.
3	Leave the meat on a wire rack to rest and cool.	10 min.
4	Prepare the mushroom duxelles Prepare 1 shallot and chop finely. Peel the mushrooms and chop small.	10 min.
5	Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat. When hot, add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring. Then add the mushrooms, but do not add any more salt at this stage. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.	8 min.
6	Remove from the heat, add 1 tablespoon parsley, salt and pepper, then mix well. Leave to cool and set aside.	1 min.
7	Make the stuffing Cut 30 g Foie gras into small pieces and put in a bowl.	4 min.
8	Add the mushroom duxelles and mix well. The stuffing is now ready.	2 min.
9	Assemble the beef Wellington Roll out 200 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) (if not ready rolled) and pierce a small hole or two in the centre to let out the steam. Lay the pastry in a loaf tin, as in the photo, leaving the excess pastry draped over the side. This trick helps to keep everything in shape during assembly.	5 min.
10	Place the beef on a buckwheat pancake...	2 min.
11	...and wrap up firmly. This is another good tip (fron Thierry Marx): the pancake absorbs the excess meat juices during cooking and this helps to keep the pastry nice and crisp. The pancake blends in with everything else when eaten and your guests might not even notice it.	1 min.
12	Spread a layer of mushroom-foie gras stuffing in the bottom, about the same length as the beef.	3 min.
13	Lay the wrapped beef on the stuffing.	1 min.
14	Spread the rest of the stuffing over the top.	3 min.
15	Lastly, fold over the sides of the pastry to seal everything in. To lighten the calorific load, you can trim off the excess pastry.	3 min.
16	Glaze top.	1 min.
17	Turn the beef Wellington out of the tin onto a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet. Glaze the top side of the pastry.	2 min.
18	Cooking should take around 30 to 40 minutes for 750g of meat, but the best way to be sure is to use an electronic thermometer stuck into the centre of the meat. Stop cooking at 140°F (60°C) for "just done" or 122°F (50°C) for "rare".	40 min.
19	While the meat is cooking, prepare your choice of sauce. This dish is traditionally served with port sauce (blond roux and port left to reduce), but I am not really a fan. I prefer a marchand de vin sauce made with blond roux and Noilly Prat left to reduce, as shown in this photo.	15 min.
20	Take the beef Wellington out of the oven and leave to rest for 5 minutes before serving in thick slices...
21	...with your chosen accompaniment, potato purée in this case.

Remarks

The quality of the meat is of great importance for this recipe, so it is worth spending the extra to get the best you can.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Calories	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3892	156 gr	93 gr	322 gr
195 %	60 %	9 %	49 %

Per 100 g
Calories	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
263	11 gr	6 gr	22 gr
13 %	4 %	1 %	3 %

Per person
Calories	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
648	26 gr	15 gr	53 gr
32 %	10 %	1 %	8 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 8.82 €
Per person : 1.47 €

Note : These prices are only approximate.

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Source: Home made.

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