4 beef wellingtons truffle Recipes

beef filets, duxelle, unsalted butter, shallot, minced, madeira wine, wild mushrooms, chopped fine (you can even use just plain white mushrooms), leaves from 2 sprigs of fresh thyme, chopped, kosher salt and white pepper to taste, de foie gras (available at specialty foods shops) at room temperature, sheet thawed frozen puff pastry, an egg wash made by beating 1 large egg yolk with 1 tsp of water, madeira wine sauce, madeira, beef stock (i use more than gourmet brand classic french demi-glace), black truffle butter (available at specialty food shops) if you can tsp find it, just use black truffle oil mixed with butter

filet of beef, olive oil, butter, foie gras pate (this is expensive chicken liver pate can be used instead), ready prepared pancakes, egg, beaten, puff pastry sheet, butter, onion, finely chopped, chopped mixed mushrooms (brown, blue , chantrelles or whatever is in season), heavy cream (double), chopped fresh parsley, salt & freshly ground black pepper, madeira wine, beef broth (store bought stock is fine), cornflour, chopped black truffles (very expensive and can be omitted but the flavour it adds to the dish is well worth the price), butter

a 3 1/2-lb fillet of beef tied with thin sheets of larding fat at room temperature, mushrooms, chopped fine, unsalted butter, de foie gras (available at specialty foods shops) at room temperature, puff paste or thawed frozen puff pastry plus additional for garnish if desired, egg white beaten, an egg wash made by beating 1 large egg yolk with 1 tsp of water, sercial madeira, arrowroot dissolved in 1 tsp cold water, beef broth, chopped black truffles (available at specialty food shops) if desired, watercress for garnish if desired