Gordon's Wellington

Gordon's Wellington

Super chef Gordon Ramsay turns his hand to beef Wellington

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes plus chilling

Method

  1. To make the crêpes, whizz the flour, egg and milk with a pinch of salt in a blender or processor until smooth. Pour into a jug and stir in the herbs and some seasoning. Leave to rest.
  2. Fry the mushrooms in a little oil until they give up all their moisture and it has evaporated, leaving you with a thick paste. Add the thyme leaves and some seasoning and keep cooking for a few minutes. Cool.
  3. Stir the melted butter into the crêpe batter, heat a 15cm crêpe pan and oil it lightly. Pour in enough batter to make a thin layer on the base of the pan, cook until the top surface sets and then turn over and cook briefly. Remove and repeat with the rest of the batter. This will make a couple more than you need so choose the thinnest ones for the recipe.
  4. Sear the beef all over in a little oil in a very hot pan. Brush with the mustard, season and allow to cool.
  5. Lay a large sheet of clingfilm on a kitchen surface and put two crêpes down on it, overlapping a little. Lay over the parma ham. Spread the mushroom mixture over the ham and put the beef in the centre. Roll the clingfilm up, taking the crêpe with it, to wrap the beef completely into a nice neat log. Chill for 1 hour.
  6. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 4. Roll out the pastry, remove the clingfilm and wrap the beef in the pastry like a parcel, with the ends tucked under. Trim to keep it nice and neat. Brush with egg, score with shallow lines across the top and chill for 20 minutes.
  7. Cook for 20 minutes. The best way to test if the meat is done to your liking is to neatly and carefully stick a skewer into the beef, count to three and then test it against your inner wrist. If it is cold the beef will be raw, if it is warm then the beef will be rare and if it's hot, it'll be cooked through. Leave to rest for 20 minutes before carving.

Per serving

880 kcalories, protein 48.1g, carbohydrate 54.4g, fat 53.7 g, saturated fat 30g, fibre 4.5g, salt 1.45 g

Recipe from olive magazine, July 2009.

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  • Binder photo Kelly

    21 August 2009

    Kelly commented on this recipe

    This was wonderfull, I used mushroom pate instead of making the mushroom paste myself (to save time).... If the fillet of beef wasn't so expensive, I'd have it once a week!

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    21 August 2009

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  • Binder photo Angela

    04 April 2010

    Angela rated and commented on this recipe

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    This recipe is superb! It was actually quite easy to make, you just need plenty of time to make all the bits before you need it. I made for lunch and started by making the pancakes at 10am. I also didn't bother with the mushrooms and used a jar of mushroom and truffle sauce from Carluccios (was wondering what to use it for!). I didn't add mustard either - we're not mustard fans, but it was absolutely delicious!! A dinner party must!

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    17 October 2010

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  • Binder photo Ellen

    20 November 2010

    Ellen commented on this recipe

    This was superb - and deceptively easy. I would recommend this to anyone, it is the best wellington I have tasted including most restaurant ones. Thanks Gordon for making me look good!

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  • Binder photo TDubs

    12 August 2011

    TDubs rated and commented on this recipe

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    Can't believe people are rating this when they have changed the recipe i.e. leaving out the mustard etc. It was fab as Gordon intended. Nice one Gordon and I agree with Ellen, thanks for making me look good.

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  • Binder photo AllieB

    30 November 2011

    AllieB rated and commented on this recipe

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    My husband made this and it tasted amazing. He followed the recipe exactly and didn't change anything. It did take him a while to make all the components but well worth the wait. The beef fillet was expensive but I'm sure you would have paid more for just one serving of this in a restaurant! We served with mash and fine beans but it is very filling and a meal in itself.

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  • Binder photo Pud

    17 December 2011

    Pud commented on this recipe

    Hi I want to do this recipe for Xmas Day and was wondering if anybody out there who's already cooked it could tell me how well the beef was cooked ie rare medium or well done. PLEASE HELP. THANKS

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes plus chilling

Ingredients

  • 500g button mushrooms , stalks removed and finely chopped
  • olive oil
  • 1 sprig thyme , leaves stripped off
  • 600g beef fillet , choose a centre cut piece
  • 1 tbsp English mustard
  • 500g pack all-butter puff pastry
  • 3 slices Parma ham
  • 1 egg yolk , beaten

HERB CRÊPES

  • 50g plain flour
  • ½ egg
  • 125ml milk
  • 1 tbsp chopped mixed herbs , such as chervil, chives and tarragon
  • ½ tbsp melted butter
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Per serving

880 kcalories, protein 48.1g, carbohydrate 54.4g, fat 53.7 g, saturated fat 30g, fibre 4.5g, salt 1.45 g

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