From: wendyinchicago
This is what was for dinner tonight, from scratch. It is a simple, yet elegant recipe:
Beef Wellington
2 servings, 40 minutes (10 minutes prep)
| 1 | teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil |
| 2 | tablespoons butter |
| 1/3 | cup minced shallots |
| 1 | cup diced fresh button mushrooms |
| 1 | garlic clove, minced |
| 2 | tablespoons red wine |
| 2 | (3 ounce) beef filet mignon about 1-inch thick |
| 4 | ounces sliced pate, cut in half vertically (use your favorite pate, chicken, pork, or duck mousse) |
| 6 | sheets frozen prepared puff pastry, thawed, cut in half |
| 1 | egg, beaten |
| 1 | tablespoon water |
| 1 | tablespoon minced fresh basil |
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Melt together the butter and oil over medium heat in a small skillet.
- Add the shallot and mushrooms, season to taste with salt and pepper, and sauté until mushrooms are browned, about 5 to 7 minutes, then add the garlic and sauté for an additional 2 minutes.
- Add the red wine, stir well, and sauté until wine evaporates; remove from heat.
- Heat a nonstick skillet over high heat, drizzle with a little olive oil, and sear both sides of the pieces of beef (leaving the middles rare); set aside and keep warm.
- Mix together the beaten egg and water to make an egg wash.
- On a lightly floured board, roll out each piece of the puff pastry until they're about 10"x6" big; cut a thin strip, about 1/8th inch thick, from the 6-inch ends of the pastries and set aside for decorative purposes.
- On each piece of pastry, place half of the mushroom mixture, top with half of the pate, and then 1 piece of seared beef.
- Brush the perimeter of the pastry with the egg wash.
- Gather two opposite corners of the dough together, then the other two, and twist the 4 corners to seal.
- Loosely tie the reserved strips around the top of each Wellington.
- Transfer Wellingtons to a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet (a non-stick baking pan should be okay, too), then brush each Wellington well with the egg wash and sprinkle with minced basil.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 15-20 minutes or until they've turned a golden brown to your preference; remove from oven and let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
I didn't know I was hungry til I read this.