Individual Beef Wellingtons
- 1 lb medium mushroom, CLEANED
- 14 cup butter
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 3 cups fresh breadcrumbs
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon pepper
- 12 teaspoon thyme
- 1 (4 lb) beef rib eye roast
- 3 eggs, separated
- 8 sticks pie crusts
- flour, for rolling pie crust
- You will also need: stockinette covered rolling pin pastry cloth; cookie sheet, pastry dough brush.
- Remove stems from 12 mushrooms and set aside.
- Mince remaining mushrooms and stems.
- Heat skillet over medium heat, adding butter, chopped mushrooms and onion.
- Saute 5 minutes or until onions are tender and all liquid has evaporated.
- Stir in bread crumbs, salt, pepper and thyme.
- Cool completely.
- Trim fat from roast.
- Cut meat lengthwise in half.
- Slice each half crosswise in 5 equal pieces.
- Pat pieces dry with paper towel.
- Beat egg whites with 2 teaspoons water in a small bowl.
- Prepare piecrust mixes as labels direct, but make up all packages at once.
- Divide pastry into 5 equal pieces.
- On floured pastry cloth, with stockinette-covered rolling pin, roll one piece into a 14" x 11" rectangle; cut into 2 rectangles about 6 1/2" x 10"; reserve scraps.
- Place 1/3 cup mushroom mixture about 2" from 6 1/2" end of rectangle.
- Top with piece of meat.
- Sprinkle meat lightly with salt.
- Top with one whole mushroom.
- Brush egg white mixture along edges of pastry.
- Fold pastry over meat and mushroom, overlapping edges.
- Press lightly to seal edges.
- Place pastry-wrapped meat on a large cookie sheet.
- Keep refrigerated while preparing remaining meat pieces.
- Roll out remaining scraps of pastry.
- With sharp knife or small canape cutter, cut pastry into designs.
- Brush back of designs with egg-white mixture.
- Arrange on top of pastry.
- Refrigerate until baking time.
- About 35 minutes before serving, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a cup, beat egg yolks with 2 teaspoon water.
- Brush over pastry.
- Bake 25 minutes for rare, 27 minutes for medium doneness.
- With pancake turner, place Wellingtons on a warm platter.
mushroom, butter, onion, fresh breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, thyme, beef, eggs, flour
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/individual-beef-wellingtons-135617 (may not work)