The best Beef Wellington in town, delicious prime beef fillet encased in pastry
Ingredients
1KgBeef Fillet
Olive Oil
Salt & Freshly Ground black pepper
250gMushrooms - any sort
25gButter
100gWater
I Stock Cube beef or vegetable
10slicesParma Ham
320gpack of Frozen puff pastrydefrosted (or make your own)
Flour for rolling
1eggbeaten
Instructions
Put your (precious) beef fillet in a roasting tin brush with olive oil and season with salt & black pepper . Roast in the hot oven for 20 mins - medium or 30mins for a little more cooked. Remove from oven and leave to cool.
Chop your mushrooms until fine - should look like coarse breadcrumbs.
In a frying pan add 1 Tablespoon Olive oil and fry mushrooms on a medium heat for approx. 3 mins, then add the water & stock cube and cook for about 10 minutes, there should be no moisture visible
Lay out a 2 large pieces on cling film on the work surface and then lay the Palma ham on top, overlapping each piece with the next.
Spoon and spread out the mushroom mix and season - then pop your cooled beef on top. using the cling film roll the ham around the beef fillet tightly - into a sausage shape, secure & pop in the fridge
Pre-Heat Oven 200C/400F/Gas6.
When you are ready, roll out your pastry into a rectangle and place on a non stick baking tray
Remove cold beef fillet from cling film and pop your ham covered beef on the pastry.
With the egg seal the pastry around the fillet, keeping the seal on the base. Decorate the top with pastry shapes, I usually do the initials of the guests…. Brush the whole wellington with the beaten egg
Bake 30 mins - medium -rare / 35 minutes Medium. Leave to rest for 10-15 minutes (Your beef is tired - it needs a rest :-) ), slice and serve - delicious
Notes
*** Nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Easy Beef Wellington
Amount per Serving
Calories
685
% Daily Value*
Fat
52
g
80
%
Saturated Fat
19
g
119
%
Trans Fat
0.1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
4
g
Monounsaturated Fat
24
g
Cholesterol
136
mg
45
%
Sodium
849
mg
37
%
Potassium
612
mg
17
%
Carbohydrates
19
g
6
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
35
g
70
%
Vitamin A
108
IU
2
%
Vitamin C
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
20
mg
2
%
Iron
5
mg
28
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.