beef Wellington

American  

noun

1. a steak fillet covered with pâté de foie gras, then wrapped in pastry and baked.

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Etymology

Origin of beef Wellington

First recorded in 1960–65; the Wellington alluded to is of uncertain identity

Example Sentences

"I did ask Heather at one stage what the beef Wellington tasted like and she said it was delicious," Dr Webster said.

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Pictures showing the toxic mushrooms and deadly beef Wellington at the centre of Australian woman Erin Patterson's murder trial have been released by a court.

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Erin Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to four charges - three of murder and one of attempted murder - over the beef Wellington lunch at her regional Victorian house in July 2023.

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An Australian woman accused of intentionally cooking a fatal mushroom lunch has told her trial she had wanted the beef Wellington meal to be "special".

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She said the mushrooms used in the beef Wellington may have accidentally included dried, foraged varieties that were kept in a container with store-bought ones.

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