Vegetables Wellington

"Vegetarian Times Chef's Challenge 2008 -- Best Entree -- This is delicious, but the recipe makes waaaay too much filling. They tell you to make 8 rectangles and put 2 Tbsp of filling in each one, which means you only need 16 Tbsp = 1 cup of filling. Clearly just a pound of asparagus alone makes more than 1 cup. So... either reduce the filling or plan on having extra for a side dish another night! Other veggies that are yummy in the filling are zucchini, yellow summer squash and sun dried tomatoes (in oil, drained). I also found it more convenient to make 6 larger rectangles than 8, which would have been awkwardly shaped, in my opinion. And we skipped the tomato sauce as well."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • preheat oven to 425°F.
  • coat baking sheet with cooking spray.
  • heat 1 tbsp oil over medium heat. Saute asparagus, bell peppers, and onion 5-10 minutes, until they begin to soften.
  • Add spinach, remove from heat and stir until the spinach wilts. Cool.
  • Combine goat cheese and pesto in a small bowl.
  • beat egg with 2 tsp water in another small bowl.
  • Lay 1 sheet of puff pastry onto floured work surface. Cut into 8 rectangles. brush edges of each rectangle with egg. Place 2 Tsp of vegetables into center of each rectangle, and top with pesto-cheese mixture.
  • Cut 2nd puff pastry sheet into 8 rectangles and stretch to cover each vegetable- and cheese-covered rectangle. Seal tightly with fork or fingers.
  • Place on prepared baking sheet and brush tops with beaten egg. Chill 10 minutes.
  • Bake 25 minutes, until pastry is golden brown. Meanwhile heat tomato sauce in saucepan.
  • To serve, spoon 1/4 cup tomato sauce onto plate, and top with Vegetable Wellington.

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Reviews

  1. This was absolutely amazing!! I made this for me and my vegetarian family members on Christmas and even my meat eating family members were raving about it!! I told them it was for non meat eaters only ;) But they were begging to try it since it looked so good! I will definitely make this again. Everyone loved it so much they all wanted the recipe. I made this pretty much exactly as the recipe said and it was great! I did have to just do a little guess work with the pastry dough as I couldn't get it in the amount specified. I just put it in stretched a little and had to do a little patchwork, but you would never be able to tell when it was finished. The sauce was an excellent compliment!
     
  2. You hit the nail on the head in your description. I always got extra filling as well and it's much easier to make larger squares with the puff pastry. Besides that, this is, by far, one of my favorite recipes of all time. I made a few changes. I don't weigh the asparagus, just eyeball the amount I use. I omit the bell peppers completely (yuck). I've also never used 10 ounces of goat cheese, 1 4-oz package is enough (too pricey anyway, adds to the "too much filling" issue). Egg is optional, I just use water to seal the pastry and a spray bottle to mist the top. Spaghetti sauce makes a better dip, has a little more flavor. This recipe never gets old.
     
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