Beef Wellington

Name: Beef Wellington
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1kg centre-cut beef fillet; 300g mushrooms, very finely chopped; 6 slices prosciutto; 2 sheets puff pastry; 2 tbsp English mustard; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 egg, beaten; salt and pepper to taste

Tender beef fillet wrapped in mushroom duxelles and puff pastry — Britain's showstopper. Frying the mushroom mixture in a dry pan until every trace of moisture has cooked off stops the pastry turning soggy once it's wrapped around the beef.

Total time

80 min

Prep

45 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

British

Ingredients

1kgcentre-cut beef fillet

300gmushrooms, very finely chopped

6 slicesprosciutto

2 sheetspuff pastry

2 tbspEnglish mustard

2 tbspolive oil

1egg, beaten

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Sear beef all over in hot oil. Brush with mustard. Cool.

Fry mushrooms in a dry pan until completely dry. Cool.

Lay prosciutto overlapping on cling film. Spread mushroom duxelles over.

Place beef at the edge, roll tightly into a log. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

Encase in pastry, brush with egg. Refrigerate 15 minutes.

Bake at 220°C for 25–30 minutes (rare). Rest 10 minutes before slicing.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

209

Protein

12.1g

Fat

15g

Carbs

7.2g

Fiber

0.9g

Sodium

497mg

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