Gluten Free · Dairy Free
Dips, Appetisers & Finger Food
In my pre gluten free days i loved to make a stuffed beef wellington with a layer of pate and sauteed mushrooms inside and sometimes underneath the beef filet.
I would make the whole filet of beef en-crout, or individual parcels for each guest. I even made miniature beef wellington for canapes.
This crustless version is perfect for canapes. Savory, luxurious and satisfying these Beef Wellington Canapes are always a success. (I've seen whole platters, with 50 or more pieces quickly devoured by gatherings of 10 or less pre dinner guests).
Ingredients:
- 1.5 lbs of Large whole crimini mushrooms (white mushrooms will work too). - assume 3 - 5 mushrooms per person.
- Your favorite pate. (you can make your own, or i like to use the pre made pork-free chicken liver pate from trader joes).
- 1 lb of thin marbled steak - i use skirt steak or flatiron steaks, but filet will do well also.
- Olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
- 3 inches of Fresh Ginger
- 4 Allspice berries
- 1/4 tsp of pepper corns
- 1/4 cup of Maple syrup
- 1/4 cup of Soy sauce
Steps:
- Liquidize fresh ginger in the soy sauce and maple syrup.
- Grind all spice and pepper seeds.
- Combine with the ginger mixture.
- Marinate the meet overnight if you can. Or if you have a vacuum sealer you can marinate for an hour or so.
- Pre head oven to 400F
- Clean and de stem mushrooms
- Place them upside down on a greased cookie sheet or large oven proof dish tray (they will produce some liquid as they cook so it should have a bit of a lip).
- Drizzle a few drops of olive oil into each mushroom
- Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste
- Roast mushrooms until tender (25 - 30 mins)
- Allow the mushrooms to cool slightly before building the canapes.
- While the mushrooms are cooking pan fry the steak in about 1 - 2 tbsps of olive oil. Cook to 135F. Meat should be pink in the center.
- Remove meet from the heat and allow to rest for 10 - 20 mins.
- Cut meet into 1" squares, and set aside.
- Put about a half tsp of pate into each mushroom cup and press down so that it fills the cup and doesn't protrude to much from the top.
- Place a square of steak on the top of each mushroom.
- Arrange on a plate or platter and serve.
