Individual Beef Wellingtons - VeryVera

Ingredients

• 6 (8 oz) beef tenderloin (approx. 1 ½” filets)
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 2 tsp. olive oil
• Montreal steak seasoning
• chicken liver pate (on VeryVera website)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. milk
• 3 boxes frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1 c shallots, coarsely chopped
• 2 tbsp. tomato paste
• 1/4 c balsamic vinegar
• 1 full body red wine (merlot or Pinot noir)
• fresh thyme, 2 large or 4 small sprigs
• 1 tsp. freshly ground pepper
• 3 c beef stock (low sodium)
• 4 tbsp. cold butter