Beef Wellington Easy
- 1 pound beef tenderloin fillet
- 1 pound shiitake mushrooms
- salt to tast
- black pepper
- olive oil
- 3 slices ham
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 7 ounces puff pastry
- 2 egg yolks beaten
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees , Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan on high heat. Season the fillet with salt and pepper.
- cook the meat in the pan until it is well browned on all sides. then let cool.
- Once cooled, brush the meat with the mustard.
- In a food processor make puree from the mushrooms.
- Heat a large pan on medium high heat and cook the mushroom puree, allowing the mushrooms to release their juices .then set aside the mushrooms to cool a little.
- Lay the slices of the ham on a plastic wrap so that they overlap.
- Spread the mushroom mixture on the ham. Place the beef in the middle and then roll the mushroom and ham over the beef, using the plastic wrap.
- Wrap up the beef fillet into a barrel shape, twist the ends of the plastic wrap and put into the Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
- On a floured surface, roll out the puff pastry sheet , The size should be big enough to wrap the beef, remove the plastic wrap from the beef and put the beef in the middle of the pastry dough.
- Fold the pastry around the beef and cut off the excess dough, Place on baking pan., and brush with beaten eggs all over the top.
- Make holes on the pastry with a sharp knife, Bake for 35-40 minutes. The pastry should become golden when done.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 15 minutes before serving. Slice it to 1-inch slices.
fillet, shiitake mushrooms, salt, black pepper, olive oil, ham, mustard, pastry, egg yolks
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Beef-Wellington-Easy-1648932 (may not work)