Coffee-Crusted Beef Wellingtons

Name: Coffee-Crusted Beef Wellingtons
Prep time: 2 h 9 min
Cook time: 2 h 9 min
Total time: 2 h 9 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters beef broth; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine; 2 Tbsps butter; 3 Tbsps butter or margarine; 59 milliliters finely chopped carrot; 59 milliliters finely chopped celery; 177 milliliters freshly brewed coffee; 2 teaspoons freshly ground coffee; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 2 larges eggs, lightly beaten; 142 grams center-cut filet mignons (1 1/2; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 227 grams fresh mushrooms, minced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoons garlic powder; 118 milliliters Madeira; 177 milliliters Madeira; 59 milliliters finely chopped onion; 1 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoons pepper; 8 frozen puff pastry shells, thawed (we tested with part of 2 Pepperidge Farm [10-ounce] packages); 1 leave Garnishes: fresh rosemary, flat parsley, and thyme; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 shallots, minced; 1 Tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil; 118 milliliters whipping cream

Coffee-Crusted Beef Wellingtons requires around 2 hours and 9 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 11g of protein, 41g of fat, and If you have mushrooms, butter, coffee, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Combine first 4 ingredients; stir well. Pat filets dry. Coat both sides of filets with spice rub.

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until skillet is hot. Sear filets, in 2 batches, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes on each side.

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Cooking Oil

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Remove filets from skillet; place on a plate, and cover and chill until ready to assemble Wellingtons. (Don't clean skillet.)

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While filets are chilling, melt 3 tablespoons butter in same skillet over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic; saut 5 minutes or until very tender.

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Celery

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Onion

Add 3/4 cup Madeira, brewed coffee, and broth; simmer 5 minutes.

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Brewed Coffee

Madeira

Broth

Remove from heat, and let cool.

Transfer sauce to a 4-cup glass measuring cup, and chill overnight, if desired, or pour cooled sauce into ice cube trays and freeze. Once frozen, seal frozen sauce cubes in zip-top freezer bags.

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Ice Cubes

Sauce

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Melt 2 tablespoons butter in same skillet over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Add mushrooms, shallots, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; saut until all liquid evaporates.

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Mushrooms

Shallot

Pepper

Salt

Add 1/2 cup Madeira; cook over medium-high heat until all liquid evaporates.

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Madeira

Remove from heat, and let cool. Cover and chill until ready to assemble Wellingtons.

Roll each of 8 puff pastry shells to about 1/8" thick on a lightly floured surface; spoon 1 heaping tablespoonful mushroom filling in center of each pastry. Top each with a chilled filet.

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Puff Pastry Shells

Mushrooms

Roll

Brush edges of each pastry square with 1 beaten egg. Wrap 2 opposite sides of pastry over each filet, overlapping them; seal seam with beaten egg. Wrap remaining 2 sides of pastry over filet, and seal with beaten egg. Seal any gaps with beaten egg and press pastry around filet to enclose completely. Wrap Wellingtons individually in press-and-seal plastic wrap.

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Wrap

Egg

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Place wrapped Wellingtons in large zip-top freezer bags, and freeze overnight or up to 1 month.

To bake, place oven rack on lowest oven shelf; preheat oven to 42

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Place a broiler pan on oven rack; heat pan 5 minutes.

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Brush tops and sides of frozen Wellingtons with 2 beaten eggs. Carefully place frozen Wellingtons, seam side down, on preheated pan.

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Egg

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Bake at 425 for 36 minutes.

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While Wellingtons bake, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat; add 2 1/2 tablespoons flour and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Add reserved Madeira sauce; cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes or until slightly thickened. (If using frozen Madeira sauce cubes, thaw cubes in a saucepan over medium heat before adding to flour mixture.) Stir in whipping cream; simmer 5 minutes or until desired thickness.

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Whipping Cream