Individual Beef Wellingtons With Mushroom Sauce

It is not merely the pleadings of patriarchs and prophets, apostles and martyrs, men strong in faith giving glory to God. Neither is it the prayers enshrined and intoned in imposing ritual, rising from the great congregation amid ornate temples, and borne on the wings of enchanting music – but the groan, the glance, the tear, the tremulous aspiration of smitten penitents, the veriest lisping of infant tongues; the unlettered petitions morning and evening of the cottage home, where the earthen floor is knelt upon, where the only altar is the altar of the lowly heart, and the sacrifice that of a broken and contrite spirit.

John MacDuff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Eggs		Beef, Sauces	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Mushrooms
1/4	c	Butter or margarine
1		Onion, minced
3	c	Fresh bread crumbs
1/4	t	Thyme
1/2	t	Pepper
1	t	Salt
1	lb	Pkg puff pastry
8		Beef rib eye steak, 1 inch
		thick by 3×5 inches
2		Eggs separated
4	t	Water

INSTRUCTIONS

Remove stems from 8 mushrooms, set mushrooms aside.  Mince remaining
mushrooms and extra stems.  In a large skillet over medium heat, melt
butter, add mushrooms and onions and cook for 5 minutes or until all
liquid is evaporated. Stir in bread crumbs, thyme, salt, pepper and
cool. Prepare puff pastry as package directs.  Cut 8 rectangular
pieces and reserve scraps.  Place 1/3 cup of mushroom mixture in the
centre of each pastry rectangle, top with steaks and 1 whole mushroom
each. In a small bowl, beat egg whites and 2 tsp of water with a  fork.
Brush pastry  edges.  Fold pastry over steak and mushroom; overlap
edges and press  to seal. Roll out scraps, cut into leaf or other
designs.  Brush  backs with egg white and arrange on pastry rectangles.
Place on  cookie sheet. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.  Let meat sit at
room  temperature, about 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to
400F. In  a cup, beat egg yolk with 2 tsp water, brush over pastry.
Bake 23  minutes for rare, 25 minutes for medium.  Serve immediately
with  Demi-glaze sauce. (follows) This can be served with asparagus
tips,  baby carrots, and broiled tomato halves. Serves 8.  ~Begin
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1319 Calories From Fat: 756 Total Fat: 84.1g Cholesterol: 229.4mg Sodium: 1004.5mg Potassium: 335.3mg Carbohydrates: 58.5g Fiber: 3.5g Sugar: 4.7g Protein: 82.4g

The flesh is the old life, the natural life inherited from Adam, with its apparent resources of personality, of ancestry, of commitment, of dedication, and so forth. You can do all kinds of religious things in the flesh. The flesh can preach a sermon. The flesh can sing in the choir. The flesh can act as an usher. The flesh can lead people to Christ. Did you know that? The flesh can go out and be very zealous in its witnessing and amass a terribly impressive list of people won to Christ, scalps to hang on a belt. The flesh can do these things but it is absolutely nauseating in the eyes of God. It is merely religious activity. There is nothing wrong with what is being done, but what is terribly wrong is the power being relied upon to do it (Ray Stedman).

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