Individual Beef Filet Wellingtons

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 filet mignon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 cups mushrooms, chopped
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1 puff pastry, frozen and thawed
• 1 egg , beaten

Recipe

• 1 thaw puff pastry sheet on counter 45-60 minutes.
• 2 put filets on a plate and place in freezer for 20-30 minutes. preheat skillet to very hot (cast-iron is preferred, or stainless steel. it is not recommended for non-stick skillets to heat to very hot). remove filets from freezer, brush with oil and season with salt and pepper. sear each side in hot skillet 5 minutes on each side. remove from skillet and place on a clean plate.
• 3 preheat oven to 450 degrees f.
• 4 for mushroom filling: melt butter in medium heated skillet (same one you seared the filets in), saute mushrooms and onions. lightly salt and pepper.
• 5 cook 5 minutes. stir in bread crumbs.
• 6 lay out puff pastry sheet on lightly floured surface and lightly flour the top. roll out to 9" x 10". cut in half longways.
• 7 spoon half of the mushroom mixture on each of the filets. press down to compact mushroom mixture.
• 8 carefully place filets on top of each puff pastry sheet, mushroom filling side down. fold each long side of the puff pastry over the filets, then each end.
• 9 place on baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper, seam-side down. brush with beaten egg all around.
• 10 bake at 450 degrees f for: rare- 10 minutes.
• 11 medium rare - 12 minutes.
• 12 medium - 15 minutes.