Beef Wellington Recipe Needed Pls!

vickyb242

Sorry, but Beef Wellington is my all time favourite dish and it must be made with fillet. I promise it will be worth the extra money

floss2

I agree - topside is NOT the right cut for Beef Wellington / Boeuf en Croute.

Ask your butcher for tail fillet, tell him it is for 2 of you & he should give you a piece the right size.

BTW, it is very nice cold, with mustardy mayo & salad We had it for Christmas lunch as only me & OH.

Spendless

I made BW one xmas. Unable to find fillet (shelves were wiped out cos it was xmas) I used another cut - can't remember though it wasn't topsie thinking it will be okay. It wasn't it was too tough to carve the slices easily.
The only way I think you **might** be able to get away with not using fillet is if you do an individual 'parcel 'beef wellington, rather than a whole one.

timmmers

I did this once ages ago after seing BW on telly and not being able to find any fillet.
I sealed the beef in a pan, then put it in a very low oven in foil for an hour ..left to cool ..then started as if it was fillet. I was VERY hungry by the time it was ready so it may not have been as good ad I remember, but it wasn't tough. The pate helped keep it moist which is what is important I think, it would be easy to lose the texture over a long time and make it dry.

I'm hungry again now

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Dizzie77

Thanks everyone for your help - in the meantime, I've injured myself, so not sure I can stand for too long anyway...!! but will go to the butcher now and get some fillet!!

Dizzie77

Whoo hooo - I can make beef wellington..!!
It was delicious - the cut of meat (fillet, not topside!) was absolutely gorgeous and just tasted divine.

Thanks everyone for your help - if I had done it with topside it would've been rubbish and spoiled my evening..!

Thanks!!!!

madlyn

does anyone have a recepie for beef wellington?
individual ones rather than one big one if possible.

zippychick

Hi Madlyn

you should find some recipes in this thread - and i will merge this later with it

thanks
Zip

lovesabargain123

If not what can I use?

If I do have to use it, where's the best place to get a cheap cut?

Thank you x

Seakay

American ideas: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/675364

British ideas: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100505132416AA0FfQN

buying a cheap cut very much depends on where you live and what shops you have access to
Do you just have supermarkets?
Do you have independent butchers or branches of chains?
Do you ave a market with butchers' stalls?