Talk:Beef Wellington
Prices and quantities
December 2010 - Morrisons 485 g Fillet 485 g, £11.40 - looks as though it will just be enough for 4 people with potatoes and a salad.
Bloody hell, that's a good price - £40 a kg in our butcher's!!!! And that was when I made this for Christmas 2008. Was it a special offer, as I think even Sainsbury's / Waitrose charged about £35 a kg. Hope it works out OK. Mine did, but after a lot of work. Was a Gordon recipe which was rather ambiguous. --JuliaBalbilla 16:17, 18 December 2010 (GMT)
I've taken (what I considered to be) the best of about 5 recipes including 2 of GR's and creating a (perfect?) composite. It's looking good so far. I've gone for using duxelles, rather than pate and it tastes really good, though I know your mushroom views :-)
Also making Kimchee and some curry bits and bobs - can't get out as lots of snow here again today.
--Chef 16:24, 18 December 2010 (GMT)
Let me know how it turns out. I think I used duxelles and serrano ham, bur cannot be sure. Snow very bad here. Cleeve Hill is closed and on the flatter, but longer route from Chelt, cars are being abandoned. Robin is going to have to stay in his office overnight and try to drive back in the morning. All buses between here and Chelt have been cancelled so we are pretty cut off :-( --JuliaBalbilla 16:39, 18 December 2010 (GMT)
Price update (I remembered the price above slightly incorrectly, was actually £11.15 for 485g - £22.98 per kilo "British prime fillet" --Chef 16:47, 18 December 2010 (GMT)
I'm impressed. A pity Morrison's don't deliver. Our nearest is in the middle of a large, winding housing estate on the other side of Cheltenham and a pain to get to, even with transport. --JuliaBalbilla 16:56, 18 December 2010 (GMT)
reheated, next day
180 -30 minutes - exquisite - even better than the day before (this time with chips and peas) --Chef 20:42, 19 December 2010 (GMT)
Individual portions
I have tried an individual portion, as opposed to you recepie. How would your recepie change?
-- question from User:Inglesderene
Although you can reduce the quantities by a quarter for one, there are a few things you need to think about first and then make a decision regarding quantities.
- You need enough pastry to cover the meat
- You need enough ham to cover the meat
- You need enough duxelles to cover the ham
- When making a small beef wellington it needs to be cooked for long enough to cook the pastry properly without overcooking the meat. This might not be possible if the meat joint is too small (eg: for 1 person)
I would be inclined to make it for 2 people which would just about overcome the problem of a very small joint. Most of the effort is in preparation anyway, regardless of the amount you are making. You can then eat it for 2 days running!
I would make the duxelles in the 'for 4 people' quantity as it freezes really well for use another time or it can be used in sandwiches etc.
I hope this answers your question.
Hasta luego
-- Chef 13:59, 9 November 2011 (GMT)