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For beef Wellington packed with flavor, we salted beef tenderloin overnight and then slathered it with piquant Dijon mustard before wrapping it in umami-rich prosciutto spread with superconcentrated duxelles. We traded the traditional puff pastry for sturdier, easier-to-work-with pâte brisée, which produces a firm yet flaky and tender crust that slices neatly when serving. Finally, we tackled the biggest challenge of making a Wellington: producing both a perfectly baked crust and uniformly medium-rare beef. To accomplish this, we roasted the Wellington in a 450-degree oven and removed it when the beef registered a mere 85 degrees. Carryover cooking did the rest of the work, as the meat's temperature gradually rose to 130 degrees (medium-rare). We created a Creamy Green Peppercorn Sauce and a Madeira Sauce, which gave us two options for finishing the decadent dish.
Ingredients
  • subheading: Beef:
  • 1 center-cut beef tenderloin roast, 3 pounds trimmed weight, 12 to 13 inches long and 4 to 4½ inches in diameter
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • subheading: Pastry:
  • 3 ¼ cups (17¾ ounces) bread flour
  • 22 tablespoons (2¾ sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1⁄2-inch cubes and chilled
  • 1 teaspoon table salt
  • ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon ice water
  • subheading: Duxelles:
  • 8 shallots, chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 2 pounds cremini mushrooms, trimmed and quartered, divided
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon table salt
  • 1 tablespoon Madeira
  • 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme
  • subheading: Assembly:
  • 12 slices prosciutto
  • 1 large egg, plus 1 large yolk
  • note: BEFORE YOU BEGIN
  • We recommend using a probe thermometer for this recipe. Center-cut beef tenderloin roasts are sometimes sold as Châteaubriand. Request a Châteaubriand from the thicker end of the tenderloin; some butchers refer to this as the “cannon cut.” Dry sherry can be substituted for the Madeira. Use packaged prosciutto rather than freshly sliced deli prosciutto, as the slices will be easier to handle. Although the timing for many of the components is flexible, we recommending making the Wellington over a three-day period: Prepare the components on the first day, assemble it on the second day (remember to reserve your leftover egg wash so that you can give the pastry a final coat before roasting it), and bake and serve it on the third day. You can serve with our Creamy Green Peppercorn Sauce and/or Madeira Sauce.
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