Week One – Minced Beef Wellington

I’m a few days late posting this as I’ve been ill, but week one’s recipe was completed earlier this week! A minced beef wellington was my first choice, mainly so that I could enjoy the puff pastry before the diet starts tomorrow!

I’d used a Jamie Oliver recipe from one of the books I have, only modifying it slightly to avoid the nasty mushrooms, and overall I was pretty pleased with the results. Although it took a while to prepare and cook, it was very simple to make. The only downside was cutting it when it came out of the oven – some of it sliced up nicely and held together, but most of it crumbled into bits. However, I served it up with some mashed potato and gravy and thoroughly enjoyed it.

It’s definitely a recipe I want to try again, though next time I think I’ll make some smaller individual wellingtons so they can be served whole on the plate, rather than having to go through the difficult slicing again.