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Ground Beef Wellington

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If you're on a tight budget this is a spectacular dish to impress your friends at your next dinner party.


Date Added:	December 3, 2009	Season:
Category:	Meat Pies	Prep. Method:	Bake
Calories:		Dish Type:
Serves:	4	Cuisine:
Prep. Time:	1 1/2 - 2 hours

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef (low fat content)
16 oz package frozen puff pastry
1 large egg
1 med onion
1 carrot
1 stick celery
1 med potato
2 cloves garlic
2 med portobello mushrooms
2-3 oz frozen peas
4 sprigs fresh rosemary
Olive oil
Plain flour, for dusting
Salt and pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F.
Peel and chop onion, carrot, celery and potato.
Grate the garlic.
Roughly chop the mushrooms.
Saute all veg on medium heat in a large frying pan with olive oil.
Chop the rosemary leaves and add to the pan.
Fry and stir 'til veg softens (about 8 mins).
Add frozen peas then put veg in a bowl to cool completely.
Beat the egg in a separate bowl.
Add the beef to the veg with half the egg and a little salt and pepper and scrunch the mix together well.
Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface to about 1/8" thick and about the size of a jelly roll pan.
Brush the edges with a little beaten egg.
Place the meat mix along one of the long edges of the pastry.
Roll the pastry around the meat to form a sausage shape, squeezing the edges of the pastry together.
Brush all over with the rest of the beaten egg.
Put the Wellington on a floured baking tray and bake for about an hour until golden brown.
Serve as it is or with a simple wine sauce or gravy.

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Added On: December 3, 2009

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