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Easy Ground Beef Wellington recipe

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This Easy Ground Beef Wellington recipe is spiced just right and is family favorite in our house. With the additions of mushrooms and is something that can be whipped up in less than an hour since we are using some pre made puff pastry. 

Looking for another festive dish? Then your gonna want to try my Baked Holiday Ham or even my Recette Sheppard’s Pie.

Your family can enjoy this homemade recipe any time of the year.

But really makes the perfect addition to any Holiday meal.

FUN FACT: Beef Wellington get’s it’s name from a man named Arthur Wellesley who was the first Duke of Wellington. He had a victorious Battle on June 18 1815.

The Duke was given his title after defeating Napoleon Bonaparte the year before, and not long after he became Prime Minister. 

Traditional Beef Wellington was made with fillet steak inside. I have had that at a restaurant once and it was delicious.

However, I wanted to create something different. And mix the best of both worlds, beef and mushrooms. This recipe has now become popular on this blog, I hope you give it a try and let me know what you think. 

HOW TO MAKE HAMBURGER BEEF WELLINGTON

This recipe is made with lean ground beef, onions, mushrooms, eggs, panko bread crumbs, flour, red wine vinegar, worcestershire sauce and seasoned with fresh thyme and rosemary.

Be sure to use fresh thyme and rosemary in this recipe, it makes all the difference.

Also do not skip on the worcestershire and red wine vinegar it helps to merge all the flavors together. 

HOW TO MAKE PUFF PASTRY

I used a pre – made puff pastry to save time, (see below) The pre – made puff pastry I recommend is from Tenderflake. The box has 397 grams of puff pasty in it!

 

Simply remove it from the package, allow it to defrost for 1 hour and sprinkle with flour before rolling it out. 

Fill the pastry with the Beef and Mushroom mixture.

Brush with the egg wash.

And make impressions to the dough as so with a fork.

Looking for a FANTASTIC homemade puff pastry recipe?

I have one here in my in my “Turkey Pot Pie” recipe instructions.

You may be more familiar the more traditional “Beef Wellington” type recipes. Which have you using Beef tenderloin or fillet instead of hamburger.

However, this recipe is just as good and if you use brown mushrooms alongside the hamburger it becomes absolutely amazing.

You will be able to serve 3 peoples for dinner easily with this. And if your wanting to serve more, I would recommending make 2 of them. Which is not hard to do at all!

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Want more Christmas & Thanksgiving recipes?

Canadian Tourtiere Recipe

 
Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice
 

Also check out my roundup of Thanksgiving & Christmas Recipes from around the World or my 10 delicious stuffing recipes! for more inspiration!

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Dinner ideas, Soups & Stews

Broiled Lasagna Soup

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This Broiled Lasagna Soup is absolutely delicious and is one of our new favorite soup recipes! I created this recipe one day while I was making “onion soup” that recipe can be found on this blog as well.

I love soup so I’m always thinking of new ways to recreate the classics. This lasagna soup is similar to many other lasagna soups recipe you will find, however mine has a few other special ingredients such as passata sauce and Worcestershire sauce.

Not to mention it’s broiled at the end which makes it taste allot like real Lasagna.

So if you LOVE lasagna as much as we do then you are going to love this soup!

Oh btw if your ever looking for an amazing Lasagna recipe, I will link that recipe below for you. 

What I like about this soup is that there really is no effort to making it, well that is compared to actual lasagna.

Where you are to pre -cook the noodles and other ingredients before merging it all together in layers and placing it all into a large baking dish.

With this soup we are simply adding everything into a large pot and cooking it all together, it’s like a lazy lasagna.

And the last step will have you placing the soup into oven safe bowls, the same kind of bowls you would use to make “onion soup” and broiling it with extra cheese on top.

Then it’s like your eating a big bowl of lasagna expect there is some beef broth inside. AMAZING!

Also the time to cook it is cut in half compared to traditional lasagna. So it’s a win win! I really encourage you to get your hands on passata sauce, it’s fresh pureed tomatoes that have been uncooked and it really makes this soup creamy and so delicious!

Passata sauce can be found in almost any mediterranean market or in your local grocery in the canned tomato section. 

Now the trick to making the best “Lasagna soup” is also using the right cheeses. This soup calls for white cheddar cheese, and marble cheese along with a bit of ricotta for serving. 

This soup is out of this world delicious! I hope you give it a try and if you do I would love to know what you think, just let me know in the comments below.  

Notes: Feel free to freeze this soup it works great as leftovers, however keep in mind that broiling it from frozen doesn’t so much. Also make sure to break up those whole tomatoes with a wooden spoon while cooking, you do not want bites of whole tomatoes. 

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Date Night, Dinner ideas, Pasta

Traditional Beef and Cheese Lasagna

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This Traditional Beef and Cheese Lasagna reminds me of something my Mother use to make me. 

This is more of a traditional recipe for Italian lasagna and is my all time favorite way to make homemade lasagna hands down. 

Good food that lasts until next day was always something my Mother aims for. 

And this recipe is one of those dishes!

HOW TO MAKE LASAGNA RECIPE

  • First you will want to get your hands on some fresh basil for this lasagna, along with the right types of cheeses.
  • All which is very important in making a traditional lasagna.
  • For the cheeses you will want are Ricotta, Fresh Mozzarella and some Edam cheese. 
  • The Edam cheese will give this lasagna it’s nice crust.
  • Also Ricotta cheese for the inside works so good.

CAN LASAGNA BE MADE WITHOUTH RICOTTA CHEESE

Yes, you can substitute for cottage cheese if you like. It is just not as traditional! 

WILL LASAGNA NOODLES COOK IN THE OVEN

Yes, but you must pre cook them on the stove top first in boiling water. 

Then lay place them in layers between the sauce and cheese and hamburger before baking. 

This will in turn leave you will a moist yet firm and perfectly browned lasagna.

That is sure to impress even the pickets of lasagna eaters.

Give it a try and let me know what you think 🙂

Check out how perfect this Lasagna turned out.

The crust is browned to perfection!

And the cheese is oozing from everywhere, that is a perfect Lasagna to me.

Serve this Lasagna alongside a Homemade Cesar Salad with Dressing.

And you will be eating like the Italians in Provence! 

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