Individual Beef Wellingtons Ala Rachael Ray

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan, plus extra for drizzling
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 1/2 lb button mushroom, and stems cleaned and finely chopped in food processor
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons dry cooking sherry, 2 splashes
• 4 tournedos of beef filet mignon, 1 inch thick
• 8 ounces mousse pate, available in specialty cheese and appetizer cases of larger markets
• 1 sheet frozen prepared puff pastry, 11 by 17, defrosted
• 1 egg, beaten with a
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• 2 heat a small skillet over medium heat.
• 3 add oil, butter, shallot and chopped mushrooms.
• 4 season mushrooms with salt and pepper and saute 5 minutes.
• 5 add sherry to the mushrooms and let the liquid evaporate.
• 6 remove mushrooms from the heat.
• 7 in a nonstick skillet over high heat, sear meat 2 minutes on each side in a drizzle of oil.
• 8 remove skillet from the heat and season meat with salt and pepper.
• 9 cut mousse into 4 pieces, 2 ounces each sliced in 1/2 horizontally.
• 10 spread the puff pastry sheet out on to a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.
• 11 quarter the dough with a sharp knife.
• 12 roll each piece of dough into a 10 by 6-inch rectangle.
• 13 on each rectangle of dough, place 1/4 of the cooked mushrooms.
• 14 top mushrooms with 2 ounces pate and 1 tournedo of beef.
• 15 wrap dough up and over the meat.
• 16 seal the dough with egg wash and trim excess.
• 17 use leftover dough bits to make decorative garnishes for the tops of your wellingtons.
• 18 turn the wrapped wellingtons over and cover with egg wash using a pastry brush.
• 19 affix dough garnishes with egg wash.
• 20 for a simple decoration, roll dough bits into a long, thin spaghetti like string and make swirls on each wellington.
• 21 bake beef wellingtons 10 minutes or until golden.
• 22 let stand 5 minutes, then serve.