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From: plgold@ix.netcom.com (Pat Gold)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: Beef Wellington
Date: 27 Apr 1995 11:17:03 -0600
Organization: Engineering International Inc., Public Internet Access
Message-ID: <199504252217.PAA21839@ix4.ix.netcom.com>
This is really a very complicated dish to make. I would suggest that
you buy your puff pastry as do it all by yourself is terribly time
consuming.
Pat
Fillet of Beef Wellington
>From American Cookery James Beard
Ingredients:
Pastry --- rough puff paste or brioche dough
Filet of beef, about 5 pounds, well trimmed
Butter
Freshly ground pepper
1/3 cup Cognac
Salt
2 cups (about) duxelles (see recipe below)
Foie gras, mousse of foie gras, or homemade pate
1 egg white
1 egg yolk lightly beaten with 1/4 cup heavy cream
Duxelles
1 or 2 shallots, finely chopped, or 1 small onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup butter
1 pound mushrooms, finely chopped
Salt
Prepare the pastry. If it is rough puff paste, make 2 pounds; if
brioche, make 1 recipe. Chill the dough till
needed.
Rub the fillet well with butter and pepper. Roast on a rack in a 400 to 450
degree oven till it registers 120 degrees ------- it must be very, very
rare. Flame with the cognac. Remove to a rack and salt to taste. Allow
it to cool completely before making the roll. If you do not, the pastry
will melt in spots, causing it to be flabby and break when you cut into it.
If both pastry and meat are cool, the final baking will brown the paastry
and heat the meat without overcooking it, which so often happens.
While the fillet is cooking, prepare the duxelles. Cook the shallots or
onion in 6 tablespoons butter over low heat until translucent. Add the
finely chopped mushrooms and the additional 2 tablespoons butter. Cook
very slowly to dehydrate the mushrooms completely. They should turn quite
dark. Stir occasionally. They will take about 1 hour or slightly longer
to cook down. Cool after cooking.
To assemble the dish: Measure the circumference of the fillet, and roll
out the pastry to a size that will envelop it completely, with overlap at
the ends and at the bottom. Reserve the trimmed-off pastry for
decorations. Spread the fillet with a thin coating of foie gras or
mousse of foie gras (these can be purchased in small oval tins in many
good food shops and many of the better supermarkets). Then spread the
pastry with cold duxelles. Place the fillet in the center of the pastry.
Bring the edges of the pastry together, moisten with white of egg, and
secure. When sealed, the roll should look rather smart and tailored.
Roll onto a piece of sulfurized paper or foil, and transfer to a baking
sheet or shallow pan. Cut small leaves and rosettes from pastry trimmings
and fasten them to the roll with the egg white. Brush the pastry with
the egg yolk and cream mixture. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven 10
minutes. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees and bake another 20 minutes or
until the crust looks cooked through and golden brown. Remove from the
oven and allow to stand 10 to 15 minutes before sliding onto a platter.
Garnish with watercress or parsley, and send to the table with a bowl of
brown sauce or Bordelaise sauce.
To carve through both pastry and meat it is best to use a serrated
slicing knife. Each slice should be 3/4 of an inch thick. Tiny Parisienne
potatoes and a puree of green beans are pleasant accompaniments. And with
this, one should drink a great Burgandy.
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From: plgold@ix.netcom.com (Pat Gold)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: Beef Wellington
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Date: 27 Apr 1995 11:17:03 -0600
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This is really a very complicated dish to make. I would suggest that
you buy your puff pastry as do it all by yourself is terribly time
consuming.
Pat
Fillet of Beef Wellington
>From American Cookery James Beard
Ingredients:
Pastry --- rough puff paste or brioche dough
Filet of beef, about 5 pounds, well trimmed
Butter
Freshly ground pepper
1/3 cup Cognac
Salt
2 cups (about) duxelles (see recipe below)
Foie gras, mousse of foie gras, or homemade pate
1 egg white
1 egg yolk lightly beaten with 1/4 cup heavy cream
Duxelles
1 or 2 shallots, finely chopped, or 1 small onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup butter
1 pound mushrooms, finely chopped
Salt
Prepare the pastry. If it is rough puff paste, make 2 pounds; if
brioche, make 1 recipe. Chill the dough till
needed.
Rub the fillet well with butter and pepper. Roast on a rack in a 400 to 450
degree oven till it registers 120 degrees ------- it must be very, very
rare. Flame with the cognac. Remove to a rack and salt to taste. Allow
it to cool completely before making the roll. If you do not, the pastry
will melt in spots, causing it to be flabby and break when you cut into it.
If both pastry and meat are cool, the final baking will brown the paastry
and heat the meat without overcooking it, which so often happens.
While the fillet is cooking, prepare the duxelles. Cook the shallots or
onion in 6 tablespoons butter over low heat until translucent. Add the
finely chopped mushrooms and the additional 2 tablespoons butter. Cook
very slowly to dehydrate the mushrooms completely. They should turn quite
dark. Stir occasionally. They will take about 1 hour or slightly longer
to cook down. Cool after cooking.
To assemble the dish: Measure the circumference of the fillet, and roll
out the pastry to a size that will envelop it completely, with overlap at
the ends and at the bottom. Reserve the trimmed-off pastry for
decorations. Spread the fillet with a thin coating of foie gras or
mousse of foie gras (these can be purchased in small oval tins in many
good food shops and many of the better supermarkets). Then spread the
pastry with cold duxelles. Place the fillet in the center of the pastry.
Bring the edges of the pastry together, moisten with white of egg, and
secure. When sealed, the roll should look rather smart and tailored.
Roll onto a piece of sulfurized paper or foil, and transfer to a baking
sheet or shallow pan. Cut small leaves and rosettes from pastry trimmings
and fasten them to the roll with the egg white. Brush the pastry with
the egg yolk and cream mixture. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven 10
minutes. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees and bake another 20 minutes or
until the crust looks cooked through and golden brown. Remove from the
oven and allow to stand 10 to 15 minutes before sliding onto a platter.
Garnish with watercress or parsley, and send to the table with a bowl of
brown sauce or Bordelaise sauce.
To carve through both pastry and meat it is best to use a serrated
slicing knife. Each slice should be 3/4 of an inch thick. Tiny Parisienne
potatoes and a puree of green beans are pleasant accompaniments. And with
this, one should drink a great Burgandy.