Description
This is a classic dinner party dish - tender beef fillet surrounded by a creamy mushroom and pâté.
Ingredients
750g/1½lb beef fillet
15g/½oz butter
1 onion, finely chopped
255g/9oz mixed mushrooms, e.g. button and shiitake, finely chopped
340g/12oz puff pastry
85g/3oz smooth pâté
1 egg, lightly beaten
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. Season the beef well with pepper.
3. Melt the butter in a non-stick frying pan, add the beef and seal the outside, remove from the pan, place on a baking sheet and cook for 20 minutes, then cool.
4. Add the onions and mushrooms to the frying pan and fry for 5-6 minutes, or until all the moisture has evaporated. Season well
5. Roll out the pastry to a rectangle big enough to cover the whole fillet. Place the fillet in the centre of the pastry, spread over the pâté then spoon over the mushroom mixture.
6. Trim off the corners of the pastry, brush the edges of the pastry with some beaten egg and wrap around the fillet to enclose.
7. Place the wrapped fillet, join side down, on a lightly oiled baking sheet, decorate with leaf shapes made from the remaining pastry, brush with any remaining egg then cook for 20 minutes until the pastry is golden.
8. Transfer to a serving dish.
