Beef Wellington
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Beef Wellington is a baked dish made of beef fillet and duxelles wrapped in puff pastry. Some recipes include wrapping the contents in prosciutto, or dry-cured ham, which helps retain moisture while p
Beef Wellington, sliced open
Beef Wellington, whole
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime Minister of the Uni
Beef Wellington
…baked, and then sliced for serving, or the fillet may be sliced into individual portions before wrapping and baking. The dish is presumably named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, but the precise origin of the name is unclear and the connection between them is unknown. Leah Hyslop observed that by the time Wellington became…
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1815–1816
Wellesley spent much of his early childhood at his family's ancestral home, Dangan Castle in County Meath, Ireland (engraving, 1842).
Beginning in 1787, Wellesley served at Dublin Castle (pictured) as aide-de-camp to two successive Lords Lieutenant of Ireland
Wellesley as Lieutenant Colonel, aged c. 26, in the 33rd Regiment. Portrait of Arthur Wellesley by John Hoppner, 1795.