Not everyone is a meat lover, but I am personally a big fan!

Especially if it involves a fillet steak, and pastry.

I have attempted beef wellington before but I just couldn’t get it lovely and pink inside. I have been searching hints and tips online and just couldn’t seem to work it out.

So here is simple beef Wellington with a few cheats. If your like me and you don’t have a lot of time to cook, but love to cook you need a sneaky bit of help.

Ingredients

Fillet steak- we get this from a local butchers, so you can chose how large of a cut you would like your fillet.

Puff pastry sheet- this is the cheat bit! If I had time I would make it, I just don’t have time, so ready roll puff pastry works a treat for me.

Mushrooms- as fresh as you can get them, you will want at least a full punnet for x2 people.

Cooking red wine

Fine trimmed green beans

Beef oxo (half of one)

Gravy granules

Plain flour

White potatoes

Butter

Seasoning- Salt and Pepper

Egg

1. Chop your potatoes
2. Add to a pan of cold water and bring to the boil
3. Let simmer
4. Drain the water
5. Add a lump of butter
6. Mash up
7. Chop your mushrooms (but not too fine as they fry down a lot)
8. Using a griddle seal the edges of your fillet steak just until brown (don’t do this for too long, as remember it will continue to cook)
9. Place fillets in the freezer!….yes the freezer for 5-10 minutes (this will ensure that you have a lovely pink middle)
10. Roll out your puff pastry so that it’s ready
11. Make an egg wash
12. Bring a pan of water to the boil and add your fine trimmed green beans, and let them boil on a low temperature for around 6-8 minutes
13. Take your steaks out of the freezer and place on the puff pastry
14. Seal the parcels using your egg wash and make sure you score the top of the pastry to ensure it cooks inside and you don’t get a soggy bottom
15. Put the fillet in the oven on the top shelf at 200 degrees for around 4-8 minutes or until the pastry is browning (I had previously tried a low temperature but it ended up cooking the steak all the way through
16. Add a little oil to your frying pan, add chopped mushrooms, cooking red wine, and some of the water from your green beans, add half of a beef oxo, and one Tbsp of gravy granules, add plain flour if you want the sauce thicker
17. Dish it up!

Now I’m no Heston or Jamie Oliver, but it wash delicious.

Great alternatively to a Sunday dinner too.

Instead of the sides we chose, you could do some rainbow veg and new potatoes.

By all means buy a sauce instead of making your own, but I’m just not a fan of packet sauces.

If you have the time then go all out and make your pastry, but if not the roll out is just perfect.

Have a go and let me know what you thought.

Sarah xXx