Mushroom Wellington (Vegan Roast Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

What is vegan wellington made of? ›

The base of the filling is made with mushrooms and chickpeas that are broken down for a nice meaty texture. Then I mixed it together with perfectly sautéed veggies, mouth-watering seasonings and then wrapped it all in a puff pastry. It's heavenly!

Tying the tenderloin improves both the appearance of the final dish, and leads to more even cooking. Phyllo provides a moisture barrier, preventing the puff pastry from getting soggy. A double layer of plastic wrap makes it easier to wrap up the tenderloin.

Light, flaky (and shop-bought, obviously) puff pastry is stuffed with delicious roasted portobello mushrooms and a creamy leek and garlic filling, making this vegetarian main course recipe a great option.

A friend does a good version with a mix of caremelized red onions, wilted spinach and blue cheese. It doesn't give quite the “right” texture as mushroom duxelles, but it is tasty. I think a mix of red and green peppers and leeks, all softened in butter or olive oil would work well.

Vegan suet is a type of fat that can easily replace beef suet for making dumplings in chunky vegetable stews during winter. The suet is made of vegetable oils such as sunflower and palm oils, which are then incorporated with wheat flour or rice flour.

The term “Wellington,” in the kitchen, usually refers to beef Wellington, a dish where meat is coated in pâté and/or duxelles (a mixture of herby, finely chopped mushrooms) and then wrapped in a pastry crust. The pastry can be made in a large size, then sliced for individual servings, or made as individual portions.

With so many steps involved, there's a lot of room for error when making a beef Wellington. The most common mishap is the beef on the inside turning out undercooked while the puff pastry is flaky and golden.

However, some would argue and recommend an English mustard since beef Wellington is a British recipe. Crepes – Using thin crepes creates a base to place the prosciutto and duxelles on. However, crepes are optional, you'll see many different recipes and some use crepes and some don't.

Beef wellington is not an easy dish to prepare with perfection. For starters, getting the tenderloin steak right is a challenge in itself. It has to be tender on the inside but decently firm on the outside, so it doesn't get mushed inside. The pâté and the duxelles are like preparing two individual dishes themselves.

Bone marrow. This will knock any mushroom duxelle out of the water. Of course, it would also be better with mushrooms too, but bone marrow is the way.

What to pair with beef wellington? ›

dux·​elles ˌdük-ˈsel. (ˌ)dü-ˈsel. : a garnish or stuffing made especially of finely chopped sautéed mushrooms.

Use a rolling pin to roll out a pie crust on a lightly floured surface. Place one of your beef filets in the middle of the pie crust. Put half of the mushroom pate on top of the filet and top with one of your spare mushroom caps.

Cook the mushrooms until they release all their liquid

If they retain too much of it after being cooked in the pan, it will leak out onto the pastry. This will make it soggy and interfere with the carefully made layers of the Beef Wellington, as the pastry will likely break.

The classic wellington recipes wrap the beef and mushroom mixture in crepes (thin pancakes) before the puff pastry coating as the crepes act as a barrier, absorbing any moisture from the beef and mushrooms and allowing the pastry to bake properly in the oven.

Not-So-Great Vegan Leather

Vegan leather is made from anything that does not come from an animal, but serves the same purpose as leather. It generally looks and feels the same too. The trouble is, vegan leather is most often made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polyurethane.

Most of our footwear and accessories are made from Italian bio-based vegan leather made from plants (cereal crops). The latest version contains 69% bio-oil and a viscose (a natural material from eucalyptus trees) backing fabric.

Vegetable-based leather

To do so, the brand uses a raw material which originates from natural mycelium (part of a mushroom) and is increasingly becoming more popular: Mylo™.