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Can't remember the last time I had beef wellington but cooked properly it's an awesome dish. Coss might disagree but it's quite difficult to cook without ending up with soggy pastry. Apparently it's best to wrap a pancake around the meat and mushrooms before wrapping the pastry. Salivating as I type.

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Can't remember the last time I had beef wellington but cooked properly it's an awesome dish. Coss might disagree but it's quite difficult to cook without ending up with soggy pastry. Apparently it's best to wrap a pancake around the meat and mushrooms before wrapping the pastry. Salivating as I type.

 

I agree, it is difficult, but the key is that the beef is substantially cooked already before you put the mushroom duxelle on. Also when the duxelle is being prepared, even though there's wine in it, it's important to evaporate most of the moisture out of it, so it's relatively, but not totally dry. I've not heard of using pancakes as a moisture barrier, but I have heard of Pancetta. I imagine thinly sliced Salami would be interesting.

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