Individual beef wellingtons with mushroom sau
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Mushrooms
- 1/4 c Butter or margarine
- 1 md Onion minced
- 3 c Fresh bread crumbs
- 1/4 ts Thyme
- 1/2 ts Pepper
- 1 ts Salt
- 1 lb Pkg puff pastry
- 8 Beef rib eye steak
- 1 inch -thick by 3x5 inches
- 2 Eggs separated
- 4 ts Water
Instructions:
Remove stems from 8 mushrooms set mushrooms aside. Mince remaining mushrooms and extra stems. In a large skillet over medium heat melt butter add mushrooms and onions and cook for 5 minutes or until all liquid is evaporated. Stir in bread crumbs thyme salt pepper and cool. Prepare puff pastry as package directs. Cut 8 rectangular pieces and reserve scraps. Place 1/3 cup of mushroom mixture in the centre of each pastry rectangle top with steaks and 1 whole mushroom each. In a small bowl beat egg whites and 2 tsp of water with a fork. Brush pastry edges. Fold pastry over steak and mushroom; overlap edges and press to seal. Roll out scraps cut into leaf or other designs. Brush backs with egg white and arrange on pastry rectangles. Place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Let meat sit at room temperature about 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 400F. In a cup beat egg yolk with 2 tsp water brush over pastry. Bake 23 minutes for rare 25 minutes for medium. Serve immediately with Demi-glaze sauce. (follows) This can be served with asparagus tips baby carrots and broiled tomato halves. Serves 8.
