Individual Beef Wellingtons Recipe

Ingredients

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• Individual beef Wellingtons shopping list
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan, plus extra for drizzling shopping list
• 1 tablespoon butter shopping list
• 1 shallot, chopped shopping list
• 1/2 pound button mushrooms and stems, cleaned and finely chopped in food processor shopping list
• salt and freshly ground black pepper shopping list
• 2 tablespoons dry cooking sherry, 2 splashes shopping list
• 4 tournedos of beef filet mignon, 1-inch thick shopping list
• 8 ounces mousse pate, available in specialty cheese and appetizer cases of larger markets shopping list
• 1 sheet frozen prepared puff pastry, 11 by 17, defrosted shopping list
• 1 egg, beaten with a splash of water shopping list
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. shopping list
• Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add oil, butter, shallot and chopped mushrooms. season mushrooms with salt and pepper and saute 5 minutes. Add sherry to the mushrooms and let the liquid evaporate. Remove mushrooms from the heat. shopping list
• In a nonstick skillet over high heat, sear meat 2 minutes on each side in a drizzle of oil. Remove skillet from the heat and season meat with salt and pepper. shopping list
• Cut mousse into 4 pieces, 2 ounces each sliced in 1/2 horizontally. Spread the puff pastry sheet out on to a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Quarter the dough with a sharp knife. roll each piece of dough into a 10 by 6-inch rectangle. On each rectangle of dough, place 1/4 of the cooked mushrooms. Top mushrooms with 2 ounces pate and 1 tournedo of beef. Wrap dough up and over the meat. Seal the dough with egg wash and trim excess. Use leftover dough bits to make decorative garnishes for the tops of your Wellingtons. Turn the wrapped Wellingtons over and cover with egg wash using a pastry brush. Affix dough garnishes with egg wash. For a simple decoration, roll dough bits into a long, thin spaghetti like string and make swirls on each Wellington. Bake beef Wellingtons 10 minutes or until golden. Let stand 5 minutes, then serve. shopping list