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Beef Wellington

Name: Beef Wellington
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 85 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 800 g beef fillet; 6 slices Parma ham; 400 g mushrooms; 1 sheet puff pastry; 2 tbsp English mustard; 1 egg

Seared fillet wrapped in mushroom duxelles and golden puff pastry. The showstopper.

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Prep 30m · Cook 55mServes 4Challenging

beef british elegant dinner-party classic

Ingredients

Serves 4

800 gbeef fillet, centre cut
6 slicesParma ham
400 gmushrooms, finely chopped
1 sheetpuff pastry, all-butter
2 tbspEnglish mustard
1egg, beaten

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Method

1
Sear beef on all sides. Brush with mustard. Chill.
8 min
2
Blitz mushrooms dry in a pan until all moisture evaporates. Cool.
15 min
3
Lay cling film, then Parma ham, then mushrooms. Place beef and roll tightly. Chill 30 mins.
35 min
4
Wrap in pastry, egg wash. Bake at 200°C for 25-30 minutes. Rest 10 minutes before slicing.
35 min

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