Easy Individual Beef Wellington

Easy Recipe 

easy individual beef wellington

A number of years ago our Colorado friends gave us a cookbook published by The Junior League of Denver, entitled, “Colorado Cache Cookbook”. The Junior League of Denver has published a number of cookbooks. I have two of their cookbooks in my library, and I use them on a regular basis. I contacted The Junior League to seek permission to publish a version of the following recipe, and I am very pleased to tell you that they readily agreed to allow me to post my version of their Filet Mignon en Filo Avec Sauce Madere recipe featured in Colorado Cache Cookbook. After you enjoy the recipe, I am guessing you will want to check out their cookbooks at http://www.jld.org/

What I love about the recipe is the ease in which you can make a wonder beef wellington style dinner for four.

The recipe makes 4 servings as set forth.

Ingredients:
4 6-ounce tenderloin filet mignons, cut 1 1/4 inches thick, trimmed. salt and pepper to taste.
¼ pound fresh mushrooms minced.
2 ounces cooked – minced.
3 shallots – minced.
2 tablespoons butter.
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard.
1 tablespoon dry sherry.
8 sheets filo (phyllo) dough.
6 tablespoons butter – melted.
Sauce Madere:
½ cup beef broth
½ cup Madeira
juice of ½ lemon
2 tablespoons butter – softened.

Steps:
Oil a large heavy skillet and in it sear the filets over high heat for 1 minute per side. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.

 

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In the same skillet sauté the mushrooms, ham and shallots in 2 tablespoons of butter for about 5 minutes. Add the mustard and sherry. Cook and stir a few more minutes to from a moist paste. Set aside.

Brush 1 sheet filo dough with butter and place another sheet on top. Repeat this three more times [so now you have four double pieces of filo –one set for each filet].

On each stack of filo, place 2 tablespoons of mushroom mixture in the center and top with 1 filet mignon.

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Wrap the filo around the filet and place seam side down on a greased baking sheet. Brush with melted butter and bake at 450 degrees for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Meat will be medium rare.

Blend pan juices from meat with  canned beef broth, Madeira. Bring to boil, reduce heat, add lemon juice and let simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove skillet from heat and swirl in butter and then pour into a bowl.

Cook asparagus in same fry pan used for sauce, add a little olive oil and cook a few minutes on medium high heat until tender.

Spoon 2 tablespoons of sauce over each filet packet, and drizzle a little over the asparagus and serve.

Pour remaining sauce in a sauce boat.

I promise, this recipe is not that hard to make and you will be the worshiped when your guests cut into the filo and take their first bite of the perfect filet mignon.

AND STUFF

I’m very proud to share this recent 5-Star review on my new novel VEYRON.

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Reviewed By Eileen Johnson for Readers’ Favorite – 5 stars In Veyron by Roger Scouton, Jack Fields and Amber Reyes are a high powered team hired to oversee a security job at the Marine Corps Warrior’s Hospice Car Rally, a rally of classic cars in Arizona. The most classic and most expensive of the cars in the rally is a Bugatti Veyron owned by Prince Ahmed. Jack and Amber are ex-military and clandestine operatives hired by the insurance firm in London to work with Colonel Day, whose organization is providing security for the event. Of course, the event does not proceed as planned, as priceless cars are stolen, owners are killed, and the Prince is kidnapped during the rally. Now, Jack and Amber are required to use their considerable skills and connections to solve the mystery and bring the perpetrators to justice. Veyron is a sequel to Roger Scouton’s book Goldplay in which readers were first introduced to Jack and Amber, the team of protagonists in his new novel. Not having read the first novel, I am sure there is some back story that describes how Jack and Amber ended up being a couple and a team. However, Veyron definitely stands on its own and the reader should not feel compelled to read Goldplay first. Having said that, the energy, characters, and plot line in Veyron were so interesting that I intend to go back and read Goldplay, too! The best part about Veyron is that the reader essentially gets three stories in one book. The characters are the glue that holds the book together – and the primary and secondary characters are wonderful. I highly recommend this book for anyone who likes action, adventure, and mystery.

Good Eating and Table Talk,

Roger

Available in select bookstores, and all e-book formats.  Signed copies available through http://www.rogerscouton.com

 

 

 

 

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