Chef Gordon Ramsays Beef Wellington |
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Lovely tender, well-grained beef with Portobello mushrooms, rolled in puff pastry and baked to perfection...... sure to be a hit. Hey- it's Chef Gordon Ramsay's recipe, so it HAS to be good! :+D Ingredients:
lean, finely-grained beef 'fillets |
salt and pepper |
olive oil |
english mustard |
portobello mushrooms |
plastic food wrap. |
prosciutto (parma ham) |
puff pastry |
egg wash |
rock or coarse salt. |
Directions:
1. Take lean, finely-grained beef 'fillets'
2. Season with salt and pepper
3. Place olive oil in a frying pan, and sear the meat to hold juiced in.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Coat the meat well with English mustard
6. The mushrooms:
7. Coarsely chop Portobello mushrooms, then place into food processor
8. Add salt to season and help remove excess water.... chop finely in processor
9. Drain off the excess water.
10. Place mushrooms into the frying pan, ADDING NO OIL OR BUTTER.
11. Fry until tender and darkened
12. To assemble:
13. Lay out a piece of plastic food wrap.
14. Place several slices of Prosciutto (parma Ham) flatly on the plastic.
15. Coat generously with the mushroom mixture.
16. Place the fillet of beef on top, in the center.
17. Roll this with the plastic to form a neat package.
18. Refrigerate 20 minutes, then remove from refrigerator.
19. The Puff Pastry:
20. roll it out to form a square
21. Unwrap the beef fillet
22. Place the beef onto the pastry, in the center.
23. Egg wash - whisk whole egg and liberally brush the over edges of the pastry around the beef
24. Roll the pastry up like a package, sealing with the egg wash.
25. Trim off loose overlap, and tuck ends under to seal the package
26. Chill for five minutes, then remove from refrigerator.
27. GLAZE the package with more egg wash
28. SCORE the package with a sharp knife to create a pleasant 'design' on the pastry
29. Season with rock or coarse salt.
30. Place into the oven at 350*F, and bake until golden brown.
31. Slice thickly, about 1 inch thick for each piece.
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