Beef Wellington - Penguin Books Australia

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg (3 lb) beef fillet, trimmed and tied
• salt and black pepper
• 2 tbsp sunflower oil
• 45 g (1½ oz) butter
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 250 g (8 oz) flat mushrooms, finely chopped
• 175 g (6 oz) smooth liver pate
• 400 g (13 oz) ready-made puff pastry
• 1 egg, beaten
• thin mushroom gravy, to serve (page 268)