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An indulgent dish, Alton Brown's beef Wellington recipe is a juicy beef tenderloin wrapped in flaky puff pastry with foie gras, mushrooms and thyme. Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe Course: Mains
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- Choosing Your Ingredients
- Assembling Your Beef Wellington
- Baking and Carving
The Beef
What can we do with the beef? After all, tenderloin is tenderloin, right? Well, that's pretty much true. Of all the cuts on the cow, the tenderloin is perhaps the one that is least affected by grading and the varying levels of marbling (intramuscular fat) that come with it. See, with a rich cut like a ribeye or a flatiron steak, the flavor, juiciness, and tenderness are linked closely to its USDA grade. Prime beef will have more fat, be more tender, and (at least to most palates) be more tast...
The Duxelles
Let's move on to the mushrooms. Duxelles is one of the oldest common preparations in the modern French cookbook—the original recipe goes back to the early 17th century. At its simplest, it consists of finely chopped mushrooms cooked down in butter with shallots into a thick, flavor-packed mass. It fills tarts and stuffs chickens, and in the case of a Wellington, completely surrounds the beef. Again, at this stage, we're all about adding complexity and luxury to what is already a pretty luxuri...
The Foie Gras
Traditional Beef Wellington recipes call for a pâté—often a foie gras pâté—of some sort to be smothered over the beef to add fat and flavor as it bakes. How can we improve upon this? How about instead of using a pâté, we use real pieces of fresh seared foie gras?I sear off a few ounces of foie gras in a hot skillet, slice the slabs in half lengthwise, then layer them over the beef. As the dish bakes, the foie fat slowly renders, basting the beef in its juices so that when you slice into the f...
For all its steps and ingredients, a beef Wellington is really nota difficult dish technique-wise. There are only two real major problems that arise when you bake it. The first is keeping the puff pastry from turning soggy. What with all the fatty ingredients—the foie gras, the duxelles— there are plenty of juices that are trying to escape from wit...
There's nothing worse than undercooked puff pastry—gummy and bland—to get good results, you mustuse a relatively high heat. This initial blast of high heat causes the moisture in the layers of butter within the pastry to suddenly expand, forcing the layers of pastry apart, and giving it its light, flaky texture. You may think that what with our ove...
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Preheat oven to 500 degrees F and place a baking sheet inside to heat. Add potatoes, rosemary, sage, thyme, and garlic to a medium bowl. Drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper ...
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Feb 18, 2015 · Beef Wellington. Recipe By: Alton Brown, Food Network. Serves: 4. Ingredients: 1 pound white button mushrooms; 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter; 1/4 cup finely chopped onions or shallots; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp. dry sherry; 1/2 tsp. dried thyme; 3 ounces pate de foie gras or pate of chicken/pork liver
Feb 12, 2024 · For the beef wellington: 2 1/2 lb. center cut beef tenderloin (about 10-12" long) 2 tsp. salt . 1 tsp. black pepper. 2 Tbsp. olive oil. 2 Tbsp. whole grain mustard. 4 oz. thinly sliced prosciutto. All-purpose flour, for surface. 1. 17 oz package puff pastry, thawed. 1. egg, beaten . See Nutritional Information
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Oct 25, 2022 · christmas. Be the first to leave a review! Single servings of the traditional English meat dish starring tender filet mignon perched on prosciutto and mushrooms, all bundled up in buttery, golden brown puff pastry. Serves 4. Prep 1 hour. Cook 35 minutes. Jump to Recipe.
Nov 7, 2022 · This Beef Wellington recipe is a decadent, tender, and juicy beef tenderloin with a layer of mustard, mushroom duxelles, and prosciutto wrapped in a soft, buttery pastry that is cooked until golden brown. A holiday favorite! Impress your family with this rich, decadent meal for the holidays.
