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DELICIOUS AND SIMPLE WITH HEIDI LICATA

Heidi’s Beef Wellington Bites Ingredients: Instructions: 9. Place each pastry onto the

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Using leftover rare Prime Rib or Beef
parchment-lined baking tray.
Tenderloin, cut in 1-inch squares (of
course you can use freshly prepared 2. Defrost frozen Puff Pastry dough 10. Egg wash the top of each pastry
according to the package.
packet and add a touch of Maldon Sea
Using beef too.) 3. Cut cold beef into 1-inch squares and salt to the top.
set aside.
11. Bake for 15 minutes or until
4. Line the baking tray with parchment
Note: You can freeze extra meat for
Leftover later use, if doing so do not precut the and set aside. packages are puffed and golden brown.
12. Serve with a dipping sauce, here’s
1-inch pieces before freezing, this dries
one of my favorites!
Meat out the meat. Instructions for Mushroom Filling: Horseradish Dipping Sauce:
5. Drizzle olive or avocado oil in a
Mushroom Filling:
skillet and sauté mushrooms and
(this amount makes enough for onions over medium heat for 10 • 1/4 cup each Sour cream and plain
Greek yogurt
The holidays are here, and 24 bites) minutes, stirring occasionally. Add • 1 Tbsp. prepared Horseradish, or
it’s time to celebrate with • 2 1/2 cups mushrooms, White soy sauce, herbs, and pepper, then more if you like it HOT!
family, friends, and delicious Buttons or Portobellos, finely chopped transfer to a food processor, add olives, • 1 Tbsp. mayonnaise
food. I don’t know about you, • 1 Tbsp. olive oil or avocado oil and process until it reaches a smooth • 1 Tsp. apple cider vinegar
but we always make enough • 1/2 small, sweet onion, minced consistency. Set aside. • Fresh black pepper, to taste
to share and have some for • 1/2 cup pitted black olives. minced • 1 1/2 Tbsp. fresh Chives, finely diced
leftovers. Which is why I’m • 1 Tbsp. low-sodium Soy Sauce Assembling the Wellington: (you can also use dried chive)
• 1 Tsp. dried Oregano
6. Roll defrosted pastry dough onto
sharing my Beef Wellington • 1 Tsp. dried Rosemary parchment paper and cut into Directions:
Bites recipe with all of you. • Fresh black pepper, to taste 3-inch squares. Mix all ingredients together, put in
Yes! Keep a thick cut of your 7. Put a couple of drops of mustard in your favorite serving bowl, and keep
prime rib or tenderloin to Beef Wellington Bites: center of dough and spread, then add 1 refrigerated until use. Enjoy!
make this impressive and • 1 package of Puff Pastry, 1 Sheet Tbsp. of mushroom mixture and spread
tasty appetizer, and it takes makes 12 Bites evenly, keep the edges of the pastry Heidi Licata has
just a few simple steps. • Dijon mustard or French’s free of mustard or mushroom mixture. been our resident
Make and use your meat yellow mustard Place a piece of beef in center of the foodie for The Loop
the same day of serving, or • Maldon Sea salt coated pastry. since the magazine
freeze a nice slab of meat • 1 small egg, whisk with a few drops of 8. Fold opposite corners over the beef, began more than ten
for another gathering. My water to make an egg wash to top of sealing the ends; repeat with the other years ago. She lives in
recommendation is to make each pastry two corners, sealing the entire pastry Corral de Tierra with her
to ensure it doesn’t open while baking.
sure the meat is rare because husband. You can find more recipes at
DeliciousandSimple.net.
when you bake it further in
the pastry puff dough, it will
continue to bake, and you
don’t want to have overdone
meat bites. Happy Cooking How can you compete with the big guys?
and Enjoy!
It is very simple. We are not competing!
We're different.
BY HEIDI LICATA, CORRAL DE TIERRA

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