Beef Wellington

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 600 g beef fillet(s)
• 300 g puff pastry (frozen)
• 75 g butter
• 4 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 pinch(s) of pepper
• 50 g flour for the work surface
• 250 g mushrooms, chopped
• 1 small onion(s), chopped
• 1 garlic clove(s), chopped
• 1 tsp sage
• 1 tsp thyme
• 25 g breadcrumbs
• 1 tbsp clarified butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Season the meat with salt and pepper and brown on all sides in hot clarified butter for about 5 minutes. Then set aside to cool. Now fry the chopped mushrooms in hot vegetable oil until soft. Add the onion and garlic and fry for 5 minutes. Add the herbs and stir in, then set the whole thing aside to cool. Roll out the puff pastry on a floured work surface. Add breadcrumbs to the mushroom mixture and spread the mixture evenly over the puff pastry, leaving a border about 10 cm wide. Place the fillet on top and then wrap everything in the puff pastry. Place the fillet in a buttered roasting pan. Beat the egg and brush it over the puff pastry. Then set the whole thing aside in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to cool. Then bake in a preheated oven at 250°C for about 40 minutes. Let it rest for about 10 minutes before cutting.