Steak Wellington

Steak Wellington

• Ready In: 28 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 50  g mushrooms
• 1  teaspoon  oil
• 1  teaspoon butter
• 300  g beef steaks
• 50  g  pate
• 250  g puff pastry
•  flour
• 1  egg
•  potato
•  parsley
•  courgette
•  carrot

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Heat the butter and oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add the mushrooms, then gently fry over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, until they have shrunk and the juices run out. Continue to cook until all the juices have evaporated. Tip into a bowl to cool.
2. Cut the steak into two even-sized pieces. Heat the pan, add the steak, and cook for a few seconds on each side to brown the outside - the meat should still be raw. Put on a plate and leave to cool.
3. Mix the pate with the cold mushrooms. Spread on top of the steaks. Cut the pastry in half and roll out to the thickness of a £1 coin. Place a piece of steak, pate-side down, in the centre of each half.
4. Dampen the edges of the pastry with a pastry brush, then fold over to enclose the steaks in neat parcels. Place the parcels on a baking sheet with the folds underneath. Brush with beaten egg, then bake for 18-20 minutes until golden. Serve with new potatoes sprinkled with chopped parsley, and carrot and courgette ribbons.