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Healthier beef Wellington
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Healthier beef Wellington

14 ingredients 55 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Healthier beef Wellington

Angela Nilsen's all-time dinner party classic has just one-third of the fat of the traditional recipe

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

975
Calories
76g
Protein
20g
Fat
112g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Porcini not in our table 0
Chestnut not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1kg thick, lean fillet of beef
  • 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • good handful dried porcini mushrooms
  • 2 shallots , finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
  • 140g chestnut mushrooms , very finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped tarragon
  • 100g mix of watercress, baby spinach and rocket (or use just watercress or spinach)
  • 6 filo pastry sheets, each about 38 x 30cm
  • 1 tsp plain flour
  • 5 tbsp red wine
  • 350ml chicken stock
  • 2 tsp Dijon mustard

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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