Place mushrooms into a pan, season with salt and pepper, and cook over a high heat for about 10 mins or until the mushrooms have reduced by about half in size, then spread out on a plate to cool
Heat in a frying pan and add a little olive oil
Season and oil the beef and sear in the hot pan for 30 secs only on each side
Remove the Beef from the pan and leave to cool, then brush all over with mustard
Lay a sheet of cling film on a work surface and arrange the prosciutto slices on it, in slightly overlapping rows
With the back of a fork, spread the mushroom mixture over the prosciutto, and then place the seared beef fillet in the middle
Keeping a tight hold of the cling film from the edge, neatly roll the prosciutto and mushrooms around the Beef to form a tight barrel shape. Twist the ends of the cling film to secure
Chill for 15-20 mins. This will allow the beef to set and keep its shape
Place the puff pastry on a floured surface and roll to a thin layer
Remove the cling film from the beef, and then lay in the centre of pastry
Brush the surrounding pastry with egg yolk
Fold the ends over, and then wrap the pastry around the beef, cutting off any excess
Turn over, so the seam is underneath, and place on a baking sheet. Repeat with each piece of Beef
Brush over all the pastry with egg and chill for about 15 mins to let the pastry rest
If preparing longer ahead of cooking then place all under a damp cloth so pastry doesn’t dry out
Lightly score the pastry at 1cm intervals and glaze again with beaten egg yolk
Bake for 12-15 minutes, then lower the oven setting to 180ºC and cook for another 10mins for medium or longer/shorter depending on how you want each fillet cooked. Make sure pastry is golden brown
Allow to rest for 10-15 mins before slicing and serving with the accompaniments
Slice in half to serve
Duck Fat Roast Potatoes
Preheat the oven to 200C
Place potatoes into a saucepan with plenty of cold salted water, bring to the boil and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes
Drain the potatoes. Press with a dry towel to remove as much water as possible
Place potatoes in fry pan with melted duck fat and coat all potatoes
Place potatoes on a tray and sprinkle salt and pepper and your choice of dried herbs
i love karen she was my favourite and i wish we heard more from her over those loud mouths. lol
yum yum. def will make this one. (but not the duck fat)...