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Beef Wellington

by Mark P » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:14 pm

After watching an episode of Hell's Kitchen, my wife asked where she could get beef Wellington in this area. Any ideas?
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Re: Beef Wellington

by Dan Thomas » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:47 am

Most of the finer places that regularly serve beef tenderloin should easily be able to make a couple of orders for you if you call ahead and ask. Of course be prepared to pay handsomely for it.
It's not at all that hard to make, even for the average home cook. Making it yourself does involve several easy, but time consuming steps that may seem daunting to the novice working with a very expensive cut of meat.
However,once you figure it out how to make it, you will want to trot this dish out for all of your special occasions. :D You can even try a version using a much cheaper bacon wrapped pork tenderloin once you get the hang of it. :wink:
Here's an easy version. I personally like to add a couple slices of fois gras pate to the duxelle mixture. 8)
http://cookingfortwo.about.com/od/beef/ ... ington.htm
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Re: Beef Wellington

by Robin F. » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:23 am

Limestone used to have this great little welly on the appetizer menu. I'm sure if it's no longer there, they could make you one.
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Re: Beef Wellington

by Doug Davis » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:58 am

I did venison wellington for Christmas dinner and didnt find it that difficult or time consuming. I say go for it!
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Re: Beef Wellington

by Mark R. » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:44 pm

As mentioned by others, it's actually quite a simple dish to make. Especially if you use the premade puff pastry sheets, there's nothing to it. A nice touch is to make small, individual ones instead of a large one.
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