# Christmas Beef Wellington

A Christmas take on a classic dish, this recipe features a beef tenderloin seared, coated in mustard, and wrapped in Parma ham and a duxelles of chestnut mushrooms, all encased in puff pastry and baked to perfection.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 7 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 fillet of beef
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 tablespoon English mustard
- 700 grams chestnut mushrooms
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 handful fresh thyme
- 1 package Parma ham
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 puff pastry
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 generous sprinkle salt

## Instructions

1. Season the fillet of beef with salt and pepper.
2. Sear the fillet of beef in a very hot pan with olive oil.
3. Brush the seared beef with English mustard.
4. Put 700 grams of chestnut mushrooms into a blender.
5. Add a chopped clove of garlic to the blender.
6. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper.
7. Blitz the mixture.
8. Add chestnuts to the mushroom mixture.
9. Cook the mixture in a hot dry pan to remove the excess water.
10. Add fresh thyme.
11. Lay the Parma ham slices on cling film, overlapping them.
12. Season the Parma ham with pepper.
13. Spread the mushroom mixture thinly on the Parma ham.
14. Place the beef fillet on top of the mushroom and ham mixture.
15. Wrap the beef tightly in the Parma ham and cling film.
16. Chill the wrapped beef in the fridge for 15 minutes.
17. Wrap the chilled beef in puff pastry.
18. Trim off any excess pastry and twist the ends together.
19. Brush the pastry with egg yolk.
20. Mark the pastry with the back of a knife.
21. Sprinkle salt over the pastry.
22. Bake at 200 degrees for around 35 minutes.
23. Let the Wellington rest for at least 10 minutes after baking.

## Equipment

- food processor
- very hot pan
- wooden spoon
- knife
- cling film
- baking tray

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/Cyskqnp1j64?si=S6J0epLN75EIFimM
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ceb2c429-f334-48f4-b6ff-5f643a3f2705
- Extracted: 2025-02-20

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