Beef Wellington

No one at work will appreciate this so I'm posting here: I am very proud of myself - Saturday I made a Beef Wellington following a Tyler Florence's rcp off the Internet. It came out beautifully and I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures to post here. The local butcher shop had a wonderful, center-cut, trimmed filet of about 4 pounds. I used store bought puff pastry and that worked very well. The filet was hot dark pink all the way through after 45 minutes at 425 degrees; the pastry was a deep gold. We had roasted new white potatoes covered in garlic and EVOO and a warm salad made from sautéed Brussels’ sprout leaves and dried cranberries. Water, 1989 Léoville-Barton and, after the meal, 1999 Y'quem were the beverages. I could do this every week!

[Robin Garr]

Sounds great, Jon. Thanks for sharing! Have you still got a link to the recipe? I was wondering whether this version included the traditional, but ridiculously rich, layer of foie gras and duxelles under the puff pastry.

Also, it sounds like a celebratory meal. Birthday? Anniversary? Are congratulations in order, or is this just another weekend of high living Chez Peterson?

Robin,

Searching for "Tyler Florence" and "Beef Wellington" turned up lots of sites with the recipe. It has duxelles but no foie gras.

-Paul W.

Robin,

Searching for "Tyler Florence" and "Beef Wellington" turned up lots of sites with the recipe. It has duxelles but no foie gras.

-Paul W.

I think you got the right rcp, Paul. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/the-ultimate-beef-wellington-recipe2/index.html I used duxelles since the kids did not want foie gras. It worked perfectly spread over a bed of prosciutto.

Robin - this was just a dinner with everyone home and an occasion to open a 1989 Bordeaux which is my middle child's birth year - he turned 21 not long ago.

Bravo for you Jon to celebrate "everyone being together". It seems with families living so far apart these days, it truly is cause for celebration when the family unit is together. On very rare instances in our lives, we have had our adult children all to ourselves, no grandkids or in-laws, just our family of five. It is so very special when that happens.

Congrats, Jon. I think Beef Wellington is always a hit with beef-eaters.

[Robin Garr]

Robin - this was just a dinner with everyone home

Well, hey. That is a special event!

and an occasion to open a 1989 Bordeaux which is my middle child's birth year - he turned 21 not long ago.

Koinkidentally, that is also our anniversary year, and we were in Europe for a while during that hot summer, so 1989 Bordeaux has special meaning to us, too. I think we opened one for our 21st anniversary in August.