Ground Beef Wellington
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
For Beef
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 lb ground beef (80/20 picture; leaner would be better)
  • ½ cup onion, diced
  • ½ cup Cremini mushrooms, diced
  • ½ cup fennel, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • Salt & pepper
For Wellington
  • ¼ cup brown mustard
  • 4 slices prosciutto
  • 8 oz pastry dough
  • 1 egg yolk, beaten
Instructions
  1. Saute onions, mushrooms, fennel and garlic until onions are translucent. Salt and pepper generously.
  2. Add to ground beef and shape into 6" roll.
  3. Brush mustard on roll to cover.
  4. Unroll a generous amount of plastic wrap and slightly overlap four slices of prosciutto on top.
  5. Place beef on top of the prosciutto and roll, using the plastic wrap to create a tight roll.
  6. Place roll in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
  7. Shape pastry dough into a square large enough to completely cover roll, and place on a new sheet of plastic wrap.
  8. Remove beef and prosciutto from plastic wrap and place on one end of rolled pastry.
  9. Roll beef and prosciutto in pastry to encase, trimming any extra pastry dough.
  10. Tighten the plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
  11. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  12. Remove roll from refrigerator and remove plastic wrap.
  13. Place on baking sheet and lightly score top of pastry.
  14. Brush egg wash on entire pastry.
  15. Bake at 350 for 20 - 30 minutes until beef is cooked and pastry is golden.
Recipe by Tasty Raisin at http://www.tastyraisin.com/2014/03/01/4/