Yeah that looks damn good
Recipes? Please
Definitely. Will post then when I get to my computer.
Personal Beef Wellingtons. Two servings.
Duxelles
- 8 ounces white mushrooms
- 1 shallot
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 sprig thyme leaves
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp brandy (I used whiskey this time, turned out great)
- Salt and pepper
- Finely chop all the solid ingredients (food processor works great for this).
- Heat butter over medium heat. Add mixture and saute a moment.
- Add whiskey, salt, and pepper. Stir.
- Saute 10-15 minutes or so, until the mixture is pretty dry.
Beef Wellingtons
- Duxelles
- 2 filet mignon steaks
- Salt and pepper
- Mustard
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (or make your own if you hate yourself)
- 4 slices prosciutto
- 2 egg yolks
- Thaw a sheet of puff pastry per directions (40 minutes for mine).
- Salt and pepper steaks.
- Saute over high heat for 30-45 seconds on each side to sear. Let cool.
- Slather mustard completely around each steak. English is the standard mustard to use, but I used Chinese because I couldn’t find English mustard, but 5. wanted something with a little bite to it.
- Roll out puff pastry sheet until it’s large enough that half of it could wrap a single steak.
- Cut puff pastry sheet in half lengthwise.
- Place two slices prosciutto on each piece of pastry.
- Place a mound of duxelles in the middle of each pastry (a quarter of what you have on each).
- Place a steak on top of the duxelles.
- Top each steak with half the remaining duxelles.
- Fold puff pastry up and around the steaks, sealing the edges.
- Wrap each constructed Wellington tightly in plastic wrap and place in fridge for 30-40 minutes (to help it keep its shape and stay sealed).
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Unwrap Wellingtons.
- Beat 2 egg yolks and use as egg wash on the Wellingtons.
- Score the top of each Wellington. I also sprinkled some crushed pink peppercorns on them.
- Bake for 20-23 minutes, until pastry is golden brown.
Pink Peppercorn Sauce
- 1 shallot, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, smashed
- 2 sprigs thyme leaves
- 1/2 cup brandy (Again, I used whiskey)
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 2-3 tbsp pink peppercorns, lightly crushed
- After searing beef in pan, add 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Add shallots, garlic, and thyme leaves. Saute 1-2 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Add brandy.
- Flambe. After flame dies down, return to heat.
- Add stock. Reduce by half.
- Strain out solids, return to heat.
- Add cream and mustard.
- Add pink peppercorns.
- Reduce by half again.
For the macaroni and cheese, I used Chef Jean Pierre’s recipe here. I used about 7 ounces gruyere, 7 ounces white cheddar, and 2 ounces parmesan. For the topping, I used half a cup panko, half a cup of parmesan, some parsley, a bit of salt, and around 3 tbsp melted butter.
Damn. Thanks. I gotta go do this for wife.
Brilliant, thank you
Can you share the secrets to that Mac and cheese?
On everything?…
No just on here.
For the macaroni and cheese, I used Chef Jean Pierre’s recipe here. I used about 7 ounces gruyere, 7 ounces white cheddar, and 2 ounces parmesan. For the topping, I used half a cup panko, half a cup of parmesan, some parsley, a bit of salt, and around 3 tbsp melted butter.
Nice! Chef Jean Pierre put out a recipe for individual beef Wellington recently. Did you happen to use his recipe? Looks delightful!
I did not! I actually “made up” this recipe just using the recipe I used for a full beef Wellington before. I think I took that recipe from Tyler Florence; I know I got the cream sauce recipe from him, though it initially used green peppercorns.
I did use Jean Pierre’s recipe as a guide for the macaroni and cheese, though, ha!
Never been interested in trying beef Wellington but this pic changes my mind. 👏
And here I am eating an egg sandwich (very literally egg with mayonnaise[aka egg] between bread).
Looks really very delicious!
Look I’m going to admit, egg salad sandwiches is are delicious. Add a bunch of black pepper and a dash of cayenne? Mmm.
Was this taken on a game boy camera?
Looks like a perfectly normal phone picture to me
Lol, i see what you mean.
Maybe its just the filter?
Watch it, the people in this community don’t like making fun of these 16 pixels.