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Beef wellington recipe

Beef wellington recipe

210 ratings

Created by The Tesco Real Food team

An absolute classic, succulent beef, gorgeous mushrooms and light, buttery pastry. See method

  • Serves 6
  • 30 mins to prepare and 50 mins to cook
  • 543 calories / serving
  • Freezable

Ingredients

  • 650g (1lb 7oz) beef joint, preferably from the middle of the fillet, well trimmed
  • 2tsp vegetable or sunflower oil
  • 1 x 40g pack dried porcini mushrooms
  • 25g butter, plus extra for the sauce
  • 500g (1lb 2oz) chestnut mushrooms, finely chopped
  • handful fresh thyme leaves
  • 6 slices prosciutto
  • 1 x 500g pack lighter all-butter puff pastry
  • plain flour, for dusting
  • 1 egg, beaten, to glaze

For the sauce

  • 200ml (7 fl oz) full-bodied red wine
  • 300ml (½pt) good-quality beef stock

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2270kj
    543kcal     27%

  • Fat

    27g 39%

  • Saturates

    13g 65%

  • Sugars

    trace 0%

  • Salt

    1.7g 28%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 37g Protein 29.8g Fibre 4.3g

Method

  1. Season the beef with black pepper. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Sear the meat for 30 seconds on all sides until turning golden. Leave to cool.
  2. Meanwhile, soak the porcini mushrooms in 250ml (8fl oz) boiling water until softened. Remove from the liquid, squeeze dry, then chop finely. Reserve the soaking liquid.
  3. Heat the butter in a large frying pan. Add the mushrooms and the thyme. Cook until golden and the pan is dry (up to 20 minutes). Leave to cool completely. Reserve a quarter of the mushrooms in the pan.
  4. Put two large sheets of clingfilm on a work surface, overlapping slightly. Place the prosciutto on top, overlapping the edges to make one ‘sheet’ large enough to wrap the beef. Spread with three quarters of the mushroom mixture, then sit the meat on top and spread with the remaining mushrooms. Roll the prosciutto around the beef, using the clingfilm. Wrap tightly and chill for 10 minutes.
  5. Set aside a quarter of the pastry. On a floured surface, roll the rest into a square or rectangle big enough to wrap the fillet: approx 35cm (14in) square. Trim to neaten, then roll the edges of the joining  sides a little more thinly.
  6. Remove the clingfilm from the beef and position it in the middle of the pastry. Wrap the pastry up along the length of the beef, overlapping slightly at the join. Brush the edges with beaten egg and seal. Fold up each end like a parcel. Transfer to a lightly greased baking tray, seam side down. Roll out the remaining pastry and cut shapes to decorate. Brush the wellington all over with egg, press on the decorations and brush again. Chill for 20 minutes (or up to 12 hours if you like).
  7. Preheat the oven to gas 8, 230°C, fan 210°C and put a baking sheet in the top third. To make the sauce, pour the wine into the pan with the reserved mushrooms. Bring to the boil and simmer until the wine has reduced to about 1 tbsp. Add the stock and the porcini mushroom liquid  and boil for 10 minutes until syrupy. Season, then stir in 1 tsp of butter. Set aside. 
  8. Put the wellington and its tray onto the heated baking sheet in the oven and roast for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C, then cook for another 20 minutes for medium-rare meat (15 for rare, 25 for medium). 
  9. Leave to rest for 10 minutes. Warm the sauce through. Serve slices of the wellington with the sauce and vegetables. 
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