Ode to More Adventurous Times

This week's new recipe is Beef Wellington. I had it once while I stopped in Lacock* for lunch one day. Beef Wellington is beef, or steak, wrapped up in a pastry like bread, smothered in gravy. My version is called: Poor Man's Beef Wellington (Cost: approx. $.75 per serving).

**Fun fact: parts of HP were filmed in Lacock!**

To add to this little remembrance dinner, Heineken on the side is a must. 

Ingredients: 
1 can of Pillsbury crescents
.5 lb to .75lb of ground beef
1 can of gravy (or make your own using this recipe!)
.5 cup of onions
Roasted Garlic and Herbs seasoning

 Directions:

1.  Set the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Place the ground beef on a skillet and cook on Medium setting. 
3. Unroll the crescents onto a baking sheet, and roll over the triangles to make on big rectangle. 
4. Cut the rectangle into four small rectangles. 
5. Place a couple spoonfuls of ground beef on each rectangle, and fold the dough over the beef. Leave little to no beef showing. 
6. Bake for 11 minutes. 
7. Sautee the onions
8.  Empty the gravy into a microwavable bowl. Microwave for one minute. 
9. Add onions and Roasted Garlic and Herbs seasoning to gravy. 
10. When the pastries are finished, place them on a separate plate and pour the gravy mix onto them and you are finished =]

For a nice side dish:
1 large potato
1 package of Bacon and Chive potato seasoning (May be found in any Wal-mart for 88 cents) 
DON'T FOLLOW THE PACKAGE INSTRUCTIONS!!!  Follow mine:

1. Wash and cut potato into wedges. Place in a medium sized mixing bowl.
2. Add one tablespoon of the seasoning and one tablespoon of vegetable oil to the potatoes. (Package asks for more oil, unnecessary in my opinion.) If you wish, you may add onions or other complementary veggies to the mix as well.
3. Place the potatoes on a baking sheet sprayed with Pam and place in the oven before you place the beef pastries in.
4. When you take out the pastries, turn up the oven's heat to 400 degrees for about 15 minutes (The Package wishes you to back the potatoes at 400 for 30-40 minutes. Again, unnecessary, trust me!You could also place them in the oven for 10 prior to the pastries and then cook for about 5 minutes at 425 instead. If you do that, I would turn the potatoes over after you take out the pastries to avoid burning them.)
5.  Serve with or without gravy and enjoy!