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Beef Wellington Recipe

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Make Butter Pastry
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 ¾ cup sifted flour
1 tsp. salt
1 cup cold butter
2 Tbsp. shortening
¾ cup ice water
Directions:
Directions:
Combine flour and salt. Cut in butter and shortening until particles are fine. Add water, 1 Tbsp. at a time, to make stiff dough. Shape dough into square. Cover and chill.
 

Duxelles
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 lb. mushrooms, finely chopped
¼ cup chopped green onion
¼ cup butter
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. marjoram
2 tsp. flour
Dash of pepper
¼ cup beef broth
2 Tbsp. chopped parley/cilantro
½ cup finely chopped cooked ham
Directions:
Directions:
Saute mushrooms and onion in butter until liquid evaporates. Stir in salt, marjoram, flour, pepper, and broth. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and thickens. Remove from heat; stir in parsley/cilantro and ham. Cool and set aside.
 

Assemble Beef Wellington
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 4 – 4 ½ lb. beef filet
Salt and pepper to taste
1 egg
Sesame seeds to garnish
Directions:
Directions:
Place beef on rack in shallow baking pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes. Let stand to cool. Trim off all fat. Roll pastry to rectangle large enough to wrap around beef, about 3 inches longer than roast and 12-13 inches wide. Press cool Duxelles unto pastry, leaving an inch uncovered on all edges. Place beef on pastry. Moisten pastry edges; enclose beef, pressing edges firmly together. Trim off excess pastry from ends so single layer covers ends of roast. Place roll, seam side down, on shallow baking pan. Cut decorations from pastry trimmings; place on top. Brush pastry with egg beaten with 1 Tbsp. water. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes until browned. Let stand for 15-20 minutes before slicing.

Makes 10-12 servings.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
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For fun this is referred to as "Beef Wellington Square," but I thought you might find this confusing. This is the basic recipe I use, except I leave out the ham in the Duxelles and skip the sesame seed garnish.

 

 

 

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