Beef Wellington With Mushroom And Boursin Cheese

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 1/2 lbs beef tenderloin fillets
• salt
• pepper
• garlic powder
• basil
• 1 package garlic and harbs boursin cheese
• 8 ounces mushrooms, chopped
• 1 lb puff pastry sheet (thawed)
• flour
• 1 large egg (beaten)
• 1 large egg yolk (beaten with 1 teaspoon water)
• extra virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 season roast with salt, pepper, garlic powder and basil to taste.
• 3 on a rack, in an uncovered roasting pan, roast filet in middle of oven for 30 to 45 minutes or longer, until a thermometer registers 120 degrees.
• 4 allow filet to cool completely and discard larding fat and strings if strings are there.
• 5 meanwhile, saute the garlic and mushrooms in the olive oil until carmelized.
• 6 drain mushrooms and garlic and mix with boursin cheese.
• 7 let mixture chill while waiting for beef to cool. drink a glass of wine.
• 8 once beef is cooled completely, spread the chilled boursin-mushroom mixture all around it.
• 9 on a floured surface, roll the 1 lb. of puff pastry into a rectangle large enough to enclose the filet completely, which should be about 20 x 12 inches.
• 10 invert the coated filet very carefully onto the middle of the dough and fold up the long sides of the dough to enclose the filet.
• 11 with your finger you can make criss-cross grooves in the dough as a decoration.
• 12 brush the edges of the dough with egg to seal.
• 13 repeat with the ends of the dough.
• 14 transfer the filet, seam down, to a jelly roll pan or a shallow roasting pan and brush with egg wash.
• 15 chill for 1 hour, but not more than 2 hours. drink another glass of wine.
• 16 make sure that oven is preheated to 400 degrees and bake the filet in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes.
• 17 reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for 5 to 10 minutes longer, or until a meat thermometer registers 130 degrees for medium-rare.
• 18 remove from oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes.