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Beef Wellington

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Beef Wellington is a classic British dish featuring a tender beef fillet coated with mushroom duxelles and prosciutto, all wrapped in flaky puff pastry and baked to golden perfection.

Ingredients

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  • 1 (2-2.5 lb) center-cut beef tenderloin
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 oz prosciutto slices
  • 8 oz cremini or button mushrooms, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 shallots, minced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp dry white wine
  • 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
  • 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • Flour, for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
  2. Season beef tenderloin generously with salt and pepper.
  3. Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet over high heat and sear beef on all sides until browned. Remove and let cool.
  4. In the same skillet, melt butter and sauté shallots and garlic until soft.
  5. Add chopped mushrooms, thyme, salt, and pepper. Cook over medium heat until moisture evaporates and mixture is paste-like. Stir in white wine and cook until dry. Let cool.
  6. Brush cooled beef with Dijon mustard.
  7. On a sheet of plastic wrap, lay prosciutto slices slightly overlapping. Spread mushroom mixture evenly over prosciutto.
  8. Place beef on top and using plastic wrap, roll prosciutto and mushrooms around beef tightly. Chill for 15 minutes.
  9. Roll out puff pastry on a floured surface. Remove plastic wrap from beef and place in center of pastry.
  10. Wrap pastry around beef, trimming excess, and seal edges with beaten egg.
  11. Brush pastry with beaten egg for golden crust and decorate with pastry scraps if desired.
  12. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until pastry is golden and beef reaches desired doneness (about 125°F for medium-rare).
  13. Let rest 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

Notes

For best results, prepare the mushroom duxelles a day ahead and keep the wrapped beef chilled before baking to ensure a crisp pastry.

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