Enlightened’s Easy Beef Wellingtons
Welcome OGers, I hope you’re hungry, cause I have prepared my specialty for you, I have taken the liberty of making plenty of short-cuts, due to time constraints.
Normally I would make baked and steamed vegetables or stir fry veg, depending on the situation and the people eating it.
- Rib fillet or similar, you can use cheaper cuts, but that’s your choice. rump, topside, round
- Puff Pastry - 1 sheet per piece of steak, unless it’s small.
- Devilled ham, or similar -
(pate, gourmet spread, truffle) - Minced Garlic
(tiny amount per piece) - Baking paper
- 1 egg, tsp butter, dash of milk - mixed together to make
egg-wash
It is important to be organised when making this dish, keep your pastry in freezer until ready to use, or it will melt, do all of the prep 1st.
But MOST importantly, as my friend is fond of…
Have a beer/wine and some hotties before cooking 
If you always have things on your mind, like me, then do a silly thing like forget to put drinks in the fridge. Don’t panic, Ozzy mechanics to the rescue…
Wrap your beer in paper towel, lightly wet and ensure paper covers bottle, place in freezer.
The paper rapidly freezes, due to available water content and your drink gets ice-cold in 10 - 15 min.
After my prep is done. Usually veges too, skipping that sequence because Time is a fickle wench and she constantly steals the most precious commodity from me…
This is important, only cook the steak, half as much as you like it cooked. Because otherwise, it will be dry and horrible after cooking in the oven…
After flipping, when there is liquid rising to the top, the steak is ready.
Take it out and… I place it on pieces of bread to soak up the juice, then later I feed that to my fur babies,
as a treat, they love it!
The meat must have time to cool,
or the pastry will melt when you try to work with it. If I am in a hurry, I place the meat in the fridge to cool quicker.
While the meat is cooling, it’s time for another beer and more weed
Have a tray ready to go in the fridge, as you make them, back in the fridge, until needed.
When you are ready, Get the pastry out, 1 piece at a time and let sit for a couple of minutes, until it is pliable, pastry defrosts really quickly, so don’t just walk away and forget, ok stoners 
Steak is cool to touch, it’s time…
Light application of chosen spread and tiny amount of minced garlic, seasoning if desired.
As you fold, carefully apply eggwash to pastry folds.
Add some colour
Or get a little bit kinky 
Rinse and repeat til done. Mandatory drink and smoke breaks in between of course.
Note the top right, that was the 1st, pastry wasn’t quite pliable enough and cracked, I just resealed it with a spoon.
Pre-heat oven 180°C/350f fan forced and cook until golden brown, 30 - 40 min depending on oven, when the house smells like a bakery, they are almost ready 
Mrs Enlightened, doesn’t like medium steak, she likes well done, so we compromised and the steak was cooked well done
This is how I prefer mine, Bon Appetit 
Good vibes, keep it green
