

You can also serve it with our Prime Rib Au Jus and/or Horseradish Sauce for Prime Rib. Our version includes a delicious red wine pan sauce to round out the dish.

Steps include: searing and prepping the beef, making the mushroom duxelles, assembling the wellington, wrapping the wellington and then cooking. It is deceptively easy however – even though it doesn’t look like it on TV. But that doesn’t cut down on overall time. There’s no short cut other than prepping and assembling the beef days before cooking. Individual Beef Wellington is time consuming to prepare. This is a HUGE time saver come Christmas day or Valentine’s Day. You’ll keep it wrapped in plastic wrap until you’re ready to envelope with the puff pastry and pop in the oven. You can prepare and assemble your Individual Beef Wellington up to 3 days before cooking. (See “over salting the sauce” notes below).Ĭan Beef Wellington Be Prepared in Advance? Of course if you’re super anti-mustard leaving it off wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. It melds nicely to the finished flavor and doesn’t have the typical high profile flavor. Even if you don’t like mustard, don’t skip this ingredient. If you’re looking for a Beef Wellington without pâté, this recipe is right up your alley.Īs with Gordon Ramsey’s version, we are replacing the pâté with prosciutto (adds fat and flavor to the dish) and adding mustard (to add a hit of acidity and lightness). It’s topped with a mushroom duxelles and flavorful pâté, before wrapping in puff pastry. What is Beef Wellington?Ī traditional Beef Wellington recipe is an English dish utilizing the tender chateaubriand cut of beef. Once cooked you’re left with a flakey butter crust on the outside and a perfectly cooked tender medium-rare steak on the inside. What makes Beef Wellington so good is the layering of complex flavors.

With a bit of pre-planning and focus, these two special occasion beef recipes will soon be in your foodie wheelhouse.īeef Wellington is an old school recipe from England, however is having a bit of a resurgence the past decade thanks to Gordon Ramsey and Hell’s Kitchen. Both can be intimidating beef recipes, however they don’t have to be. Both are decadent and worthy of top billing at your next holiday meal. This Individual Beef Wellington recipe is right up there with our Garlic Herb Prime Rib Recipe and Smoked Prime Rib. Other beef recipes, perfect for the upcoming holiday season: Smoked Beef Tenderloin, Smoked Prime Rib, Sous Vide Prime Rib, our highly rated Garlic Prime Rib Recipe, Sous Vide Ribeye or Instant Pot Roast Beef.Ĭheck out our Prime Rib headquarters page for all things Prime Rib related! This special red wine sauce is also featured in our popular Sous Vide Short Ribs recipe! Individual Beef Wellingtons are the perfect special occasion meal. Decadent and tender filet mignon, topped with a rich mushroom duxelles, delicate prosciutto and wrapped in a golden, buttery puff pastry.
