A juicy beef tenderloin wrapped in earthy mushrooms, flavorful prosciutto, and golden pastry.
If you want to truly impress your loved ones this year, give them the gift of Christmas Beef Wellington. Bursting with flavors of seared tender beef, spicy mustard, mushrooms duxelles, and savory prosciutto, this is one traditional Christmas dish you can't miss this year. If there ever was a way to end 2020 with a bang!, it would be with this beef wellington.
Christmas Beef Wellington
PrepTime: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Servings: 6
INGREDIENTS
Beef:
1 (2 lb.) center-cut beef tenderloin, trimmed
kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Olive oil, for greasing
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
12 thin slices prosciutto
Flour, for dusting
14 oz. frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 large egg, beaten
Flaky salt, for sprinkling
14 oz. frozen puffed pastry, thawed
***Can substitute for homemade puffed pastry.
Click here for link to homemade puffed pastry.
Duxelles:
1 1/2 lb. mixed mushrooms, roughly chopped
1 shallot, roughly chopped
Leaves from 1 thyme sprig
DIRECTIONS
1. Using kitchen twine, tie tenderloin in 4 places. Season generously with salt and pepper.
2. Over high heat, coat bottom of a heavy skillet with olive oil. Once pan is nearly smoking, sear tenderloin until well-browned on all sides, including the ends, about 2 minutes per side (12 minutes total). Transfer to a plate. When cool enough to handle, snip off twine and coat all sides with mustard. Let cool in fridge.
3. Meanwhile, make duxelles: In a food processor, pulse mushrooms, shallots, and thyme until finely chopped.
4. To skillet, add butter and melt over medium heat. Add mushroom mixture and cook until liquid has evaporated, about 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then let cool in fridge.
5. Place plastic wrap down on a work surface, overlapping so that it’s twice the length and width of the tenderloin. Shingle the prosciutto on the plastic wrap into a rectangle that’s big enough to cover the whole tenderloin. Spread the duxelles evenly and thinly over the prosciutto.
6. Season tenderloin, then place it at the bottom of the prosciutto. Roll meat into prosciutto-mushroom mixture, using plastic wrap to roll tightly. Tuck ends of prosciutto as you roll, then twist ends of plastic wrap tightly into a log and transfer to fridge to chill (this helps it maintain its shape).
7. Heat oven to 425°. Lightly flour your work surface, then spread out puff pastry and roll it into a rectangle that will cover the tenderloin (just a little bigger than the prosciutto rectangle you just made!). Remove tenderloin from plastic wrap and place on bottom of puff pastry. Brush the other three edges of the pastry with egg wash, then tightly roll beef into pastry.
8. Once the log is fully covered in puff pastry, trim any extra pastry, then crimp edges with a fork to seal well. Wrap roll in plastic wrap to get a really tight cylinder, then chill for 20 minutes.
9. Remove plastic wrap, then transfer roll to a foil-lined baking sheet. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with flaky salt.
10. Bake until pastry is golden and the center registers 120°F for medium-rare, about 40 to 45 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes before carving and serving.
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