Black forest beef wellington

AuthorEsméeCategory
Yields1 Serving
The beef wellington:
 400 g High quality beef
 Puff pastry, one roll
 2 tsp Mustard
 1 Egg
 10 slices Schwarzwalder speck
 150 g Mushroom
 ½ small Onion
 1 clove Garlic
 1 tsp Dried thyme
 Salt and pepper to taste
 2 tbsp Olive oil
1

Spread 1tbsp of olive oil out on a preheated skillet and add the beef, it should sizzle loudly. Sear for 2 minutes on each side until the meat is fully browned. Let the beef cool back to room temperature.

2

Add the mushrooms, onion, garlic thyme, salt and pepper to a food processor and blend very roughly together. This is called a duxelles.

3

Heat the remaining tbsp of olive oil in a clean skillet and add the duxelles, let it cook until all the liquid had evaporated.

4

Spread out the slices of Schwarzwalder speck on a sheet of cling film, the sides of the slices of speck should have some overlap as we are going to wrap the meat in it later on.

5

Spread out the duxelles on top of the speck and coat the beef in mustard. Wrap the speck with the duxelles around the beef and roll it around for a bit with the cling film until the meat is wrapped very tightly.

6

Take of the cling film and grab your puff pastry. Wrap the puff pastry around the meat with the seam on the bottom; decorate with left over puff pastry.

7

Brush the outside with beaten egg and bake for about 30 minutes on 200 degrees Celsius. Don’t overcook it, as the inside should still be red.

8

Cut into thick slices and serve with red wine sauce, rosemary potatoes and bacon wrapped haricot verts.

Ingredients

The beef wellington:
 400 g High quality beef
 Puff pastry, one roll
 2 tsp Mustard
 1 Egg
 10 slices Schwarzwalder speck
 150 g Mushroom
 ½ small Onion
 1 clove Garlic
 1 tsp Dried thyme
 Salt and pepper to taste
 2 tbsp Olive oil

Directions

1

Spread 1tbsp of olive oil out on a preheated skillet and add the beef, it should sizzle loudly. Sear for 2 minutes on each side until the meat is fully browned. Let the beef cool back to room temperature.

2

Add the mushrooms, onion, garlic thyme, salt and pepper to a food processor and blend very roughly together. This is called a duxelles.

3

Heat the remaining tbsp of olive oil in a clean skillet and add the duxelles, let it cook until all the liquid had evaporated.

4

Spread out the slices of Schwarzwalder speck on a sheet of cling film, the sides of the slices of speck should have some overlap as we are going to wrap the meat in it later on.

5

Spread out the duxelles on top of the speck and coat the beef in mustard. Wrap the speck with the duxelles around the beef and roll it around for a bit with the cling film until the meat is wrapped very tightly.

6

Take of the cling film and grab your puff pastry. Wrap the puff pastry around the meat with the seam on the bottom; decorate with left over puff pastry.

7

Brush the outside with beaten egg and bake for about 30 minutes on 200 degrees Celsius. Don’t overcook it, as the inside should still be red.

8

Cut into thick slices and serve with red wine sauce, rosemary potatoes and bacon wrapped haricot verts.

Black forest beef wellington