easy beef wellington

i adore cooking for banquets. i swear its like the food just taste better. and lets not talk about all of the leftover food i get to take home ;) well one of the most requested things on the menu is beef wellington. which is basically a roast beef baked inside of a puff pastry. it's ridiculously easy to make and comes off super fancy. the only down fall is the roast is pretty expensive. so i found a way to enjoy all of the goodness of beef wellington with out the beef wellington price. and that's to use ground beef in place of a roast. and let me just tell you it takes little to no effort. and it taste delicious! i don't get caught up by the name . if you can form a meat loaf and roll a Pillsbury crescent roll. you can definitely handle this! enjoy!

Ingredients (serves 4 to 6):

1 medium onion
1 carrot
1 stick of celery
1 potato
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves picked and chopped
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1.5lbs ground beef
salt and pepper to taste

1 teaspoon dried parsley

1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 sheet puff pastry

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F.

Peel and chop the onion, carrot, celery and potato into cubes.

Place all vegetables and rosemary leaves into a frying pan with olive oil. Fry and stir for about 8 minutes or until vegetables soften and color.

Put vegetables into large bowl to cool completely.

Add the ground beef to the bowl with salt, pepper, dried parsley and garlic powder. then and 1 egg. mix with hands to form a roll .

Place mince mix along one long side of pastry sheet, in sausage shape.

Brush edges of pastry with egg wash and roll pastry to cover the beef completely. Squeeze ends together. sprinkle with sea salt, and fresh pepper 

Put onto baking tray, brush with remaining egg. Bake for an hour until golden. Slice and serve with gravy.