Beef Wellington
- 800 grams Beef fillet
- 600 grams Mushrooms
- 1 Puff pastry
- 10 slice Parma Ham
- 1 English mustard
- 1 Garlic
- 1 Salt and pepper
- Season the beef with salt and pepper and slightly sear it on each side in olive oil using a hot pan
- Brush the beef with English mustard when it comes out of the pan and leave it to rest
- Put the mushrooms in the blender with the garlic, season with salt and pepper, and blend until it becomes a creme
- The mushrooms need to be dried out.
- Cook in a dry hot pan until all the water comes out
- Assemble the wellington: on a flat plastic wrap film overlap the ham slices one next to each other on two rows.
- The ham sheet you created has to be big enough to wrap the whole beef
- Using the back of a spoon spread the mushroom paste on the ham until few inches from each edge
- Lay the beef in the center and roll it using the film.
- now the beef is wrapped in the ham.
- Roll the film all around and twist the ends tight.
- place in the fridge to ferm up for 20 minutes
- Time for the final wrap: remove the film and lay the beef on the puff pastry sheet.
- Fold the pastry all around until the edges meet and trim off the excess.
- Squeeze the sizes and make sure the beef is completely enclosed in the pastry.
- wrap everything with plastic wrap film and twist the ends tight.
- Leave in the fridge for 20min
- Brush the top with egg yolk, sprinkle with salt and bake for 35-40 min at 200F
- Leave the beef to rest for at least 10 minutes after it comes out of the oven.
- Do not slice it to thin.
fillet, pastry, ham, mustard, garlic, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/336952-beef-wellington (may not work)