Beef Wellington – Jessica Nguyen

Ingredients

• 1kg of centre cut tenderloin beef. Also known as a ‘chateaubriand’ cut. You most likely won’t find this at the supermarket, so go to your local butcher.
• 4 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
• 6 slices of prosciutto
• 2 sheets of frozen, puff pastry, thawed.
• Egg wash - 2 egg yolks mixed with a dash of water.
• 500g of white mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons of brandy or whiskey
• 1 small bunch of thyme
• 2 small brown onions
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons of all purpose plain flour
• 150ml of milk
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons worth of chives, finely chopped