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Gordon Ramsay's version of the classic steak dish – a showstopping centrepiece on a special occasion

Beef wellington

beef

olive oil

250 grams/9 ounces chestnut mushroom,include some wild ones if you like

butter

thyme

100 milliliters/3.5 fl oz dry white wine

prosciutto

egg yolksbeaten with 1 tsp water

Sit the 1kg beef fillet on a <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/review/test-five-best-roasting-tins">roasting tray</a>, <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/test-best-pastry-brushes">brush</a> with 1 tbsp olive oil and season with pepper, then roast for 15 mins for medium-rare or 20 mins for medium. When the beef is <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/top-five-meat-thermometers">cooked to your liking</a>, remove from the oven to cool, then chill in the fridge for about 20 mins.

While the beef is cooling, <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/top-five-paring-knives">chop</a> 250g chestnut (and wild, if you like) mushrooms as finely as possible so they have the texture of coarse breadcrumbs. You can use a <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/test-five-best-food-processors">food processor</a> to do this, but make sure you pulse-chop the mushrooms so they don’t become a slurry.

Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil and 50g butter in a <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/five-best-saucepans">large pan</a> and fry the mushrooms on a medium heat, with 1 large sprig fresh thyme, for about 10 mins stirring often, until you have a softened mixture.

Season the mushroom mixture, pour over 100ml dry white wine and cook for about 10 mins until all the wine has been absorbed. The mixture should hold its shape when stirred.

Remove the mushroom duxelle from the pan to cool and discard the thyme.

Overlap two pieces of cling film over a large <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/test-five-best-chopping-boards">chopping board</a>. Lay 12 slices prosciutto on the cling film, slightly overlapping, in a double row.

Spread half the duxelles over the prosciutto, then sit the fillet on it and spread the remaining duxelles over.

Use the cling film’s edges to draw the prosciutto around the fillet, then roll it into a sausage shape, twisting the ends of cling film to tighten it as you go.

Chill the fillet while you roll out the pastry.

Dust your work surface with a little flour. <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/kimberley-wilsons-top-five-marble-rolling-pins">Roll out</a> a third of the 500g pack of puff pastry to a 18 x 30cm strip and place on a <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/kimberley-wilsons-top-5-baking-trays">non-stick baking sheet</a>.

Roll out the remainder of the 500g pack of puff pastry to about 28 x 36cm.

Unravel the fillet from the cling film and sit it in the centre of the smaller strip of pastry.

Beat the 2 egg yolks with 1 tsp water and <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/test-best-pastry-brushes">brush</a> the pastry’s edges, and the top and sides of the wrapped fillet.

Using a rolling pin, carefully lift and drape the larger piece of pastry over the fillet, pressing well into the sides.

Trim the joins to about a 4cm rim. Seal the rim with the edge of a fork or spoon handle.

Glaze all over with more egg yolk and, using the back of a knife, mark the beef Wellington with long diagonal lines taking care not to cut into the pastry.

Chill for at least 30 mins and up to 24 hrs. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.

Brush the Wellington with a little more egg yolk and cook until golden and crisp – 20-25 mins for medium-rare beef, 30 mins for medium. Allow to stand for 10 mins before serving in thick slices.

I used the 'La Chinata' brand of Sweet Smoked Paprika; it's really worth getting a tin if you can. Available in Sainsbury's or Waitrose here in the UK or over at Amazon.

Spicy Sausage Rice Gordon Ramsay

olive oil,

red onion, sliced

red pepper, deseeded and chopped (but not too small)

garlic cloves, very finely sliced

spiced sausages, e.g. Italian chilli

smoked paprika (Gordon uses La Chinata brand)

long-grain rice (1 cup)

½ glass dry white wine

stock

spring onions, trimmed and sliced

tomatoes, roughly chopped

flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped

Gordon Ramsay shows you how to cook the chef's choice of Christmas main courses – a golden goose. Keep the fat to use through the winter months

Gordon's Christmas roast goose

goose

lemons

limes

tsp Chinese five-spice powder

parsley

browning,

tbsp clear honey

thyme leaves

Calculate the cooking time: cook for 10 mins at 240C/fan 220C/gas 9, then reduce to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5 and cook for 20 mins per kg for medium-rare, 32 mins per kg for more well done, plus 30 mins resting.

If the goose is ready-trussed, then loosen the string and pull out the legs and wings a little – this helps the bird cook better.

Check the inside of the bird and remove any giblets or pads of fat. Using the tip of a sharp knife, lightly score the breast and leg skin in a criss-cross. This helps the fat to render down more quickly during roasting.

Grate the zest from 4 lemons and 3 limes. Mix with 2 tsp fine sea salt, 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder and pepper, to taste.

Season the cavity of the goose generously with salt, then rub the citrus mix well into the skin and sprinkle some inside the cavity.

Stuff the zested fruit and a small handful of parsley, thyme and sage sprigs inside the bird and set aside for at least 15 mins. Can be done up to a day ahead and kept refrigerated.

If you want to give the bird a nice golden skin, brown in a large <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/top-five-non-stick-frying-pans">frying pan</a> (or a heavy-based <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/review/test-five-best-roasting-tins">roasting tin</a>), using a couple of tbsp olive oil. Holding the bird by the legs (you may like to use an oven glove), press it down on the breasts to brown.

Once browned, place the bird in the roasting tin. Drizzle with 3 tbsp clear honey and sprinkle with 1 tbsp thyme leaves.

Roast for the calculated time, turning the heat down after 10 mins to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Cover the goose with foil if it is starting to brown too much.

Every 30 mins or so, baste the bird with the pan juices, then pour off the fat through a sieve into a large heatproof bowl. You will end up with at least a litre of luscious fat – save this for the potatoes and other veg.

At the end of the cooking time, leave to rest for at least 30 mins, covered loosely with foil. The bird will not go cold, but will be moist and much easier to carve.

This classic French sauce from Gordon Ramsay is just perfect with a rib-eye steak

Shallot & red wine sauce

shallot, sliced

garlic clove,

rosemary

tbsp balsamic vinegar

red wine

beef stock chicken

Sauté 250g sliced shallots in a medium <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/five-best-saucepans">saucepan</a> with 4 tbsp olive oil over a high heat for about 3 mins until lightly browned, stirring often.

Season with ground black pepper and add 1 lightly crushed garlic clove and a sprig of rosemary.

Continue cooking for a further 3 mins, stirring often to prevent the shallots burning.

Pour in 5 tbsp balsamic vinegar and cook until evaporated away to a syrup, then pour in 400ml red wine and cook until reduced by two thirds.

Pour in 400ml beef or brown chicken stock and bring to the boil.

Turn down the heat and simmer until reduced by two-thirds again, to around 250ml. Remove the garlic and rosemary.

Add a little salt to taste and finally 'monte' (whisk) in a knob of butter. Add any juices from the steaks just before serving.

Use Gordon Ramsay's recipe when you want a quick, light flaky pastry in minutes

Rough-puff pastry

strong plain flour

tsp fine sea salt

butter,

water

<a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/test-best-flour-shakers">Sift </a>250g strong plain flour and 1 tsp fine sea salt into a large <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/top-five-mixing-bowls">bowl</a>. Roughly break 250g butter into small chunks, add them to the bowl and rub them in loosely. You need to see bits of butter.

Make a well in the bowl and pour in about two-thirds of 150ml cold water, <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/top-five-whisks">mixing</a> until you have a firm rough dough adding extra water if needed.

Cover with cling film and leave to rest for 20 mins in the fridge.

Turn out onto a lightly floured board, knead gently and form into a smooth rectangle.

<a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/kimberley-wilsons-top-five-marble-rolling-pins">Roll</a> the dough in one direction only, until 3 times the width, about 20 x 50cm. Keep edges straight and even. Don’t overwork the butter streaks; you should have a marbled effect.

Fold the top third down to the centre, then the bottom third up and over that. Give the dough a quarter turn (to the left or right) and roll out again to three times the length.

Fold as before, cover with cling film and chill for at least 20 mins before <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/test-best-rolling-pins">rolling</a> to use.

Gordon Ramsay makes healthy and tasty chunky chips - without deep-frying

Chunky oven chips

Desirée potato (about 3 medium large), peeled

groundnut oil, for drizzling

sea salt and black pepper

Heat oven to its highest setting, ideally 250C/fan 230C/gas 9. Cut each potato into 1cm-wide slices, then into 1cm-thick sticks. Blanch in a large pan of boiling water for 3 mins, then drain well.

Shake the potatoes out onto a roasting pan, drizzle with oil, ensuring each chip is evenly coated, then season well. Bake for about 15-20 mins, turning the potatoes at least twice, until golden brown and crisp.

This is a simple French-style meringue, which should be used as a base for a variety of desserts and mousses

Meringue mousse base

caster sugar

Ensure the mixer bowl and whisk attachment are clean and grease-free. Whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, then whisk in a third of the sugar for about 30 secs.

Add the remaining sugar in 2 batches until the meringue is glossy. Use within about 10 mins of making.

Gordon's moules frites are a treat and easier than you may think to make. Spoil someone today...

Moules frites

mussels, (see try below)

spring onions

shallot

carrot

garlic

red chilli

flat-leaf parsley

dry white wine (ideally Muscadet)

Pernod

tbsp crème fraîche

potatoes

flour

cayenne pepper

mustard powder

tsp white wine vinegar

Tip the mussels into a large bowl of cold water. Discard any that remain open when tapped, then drain well and pull away any ‘beards’. (Fresh mussels look black and shiny and should only smell pleasantly of the deep sea – the vast majority should be tightly closed. Avoid any that smell ‘fishy’, look dry or are mostly open.)

Thinly slice the vegetables and garlic. Roll the chilli in your hands to loosen the seeds, then slit in half and shake out the seeds. Slice the flesh into thin sticks, then stack together and finely chop. Pick over the thyme sprigs, discarding the thick stalks, and pick the parsley leaves from the stalks. Prepare the chips (see recipe, below right).

Place a large, heavy-based sauté pan (with a lid) on the hob and heat until you can feel a strong heat rising. Pour in the oil, then immediately toss in all of the vegetables, chilli and thyme. The thyme sprigs will crackle if the pan is hot enough. Cook for about 1½ mins, shaking the pan and stirring the vegetables until they start to wilt.

With the heat still on high, toss in all the mussels and shake the pan so they form an even layer. Cover with a lid and cook for another 1-2 mins, shaking the pan once or twice.

Uncover the pan and pour in the wine and Pernod. Shake and cook for another 1½ mins so the wine reduces by half, then cover again and cook for another min. Place a large colander over a bowl and tip the mussels and vegetables into the centre. Discard any mussels that remain closed. Fry the chips.

Pour the strained liquid back in the pan, reheat and stir in the crème fraîche and whole parsley leaves. Check the seasoning; you may not need any salt. Return the mussels and vegetables to the pan and reheat, shaking the pan, then divide between two large soup bowls. Serve the chips and mayonnaise (recipe below) alongside.

TIP: Make the mayo and prepare the chips before you start the mussels. Fry the chips after you have cooked the mussels and while they are still draining in the colander, then finish the sauce.

This marinade sauce, from Gordon Ramsay, is best spooned over a steak after cooking – especially a fillet steak

Bois boudrin

small cherry tomato

tbsp tomato ketchup

Worcestershire sauce

tbsp grain mustard

lemon

tarragon leaves, finely chopped

Simply mix everything together. This can be done the day before, then kept covered in the fridge until required. Remove the sauce from the fridge at least 30 mins before serving.

Gordon adds a touch of spice to the ultimate French classic to create the definitive autumn pudding

Pear tarte tatin

pears

star anise

cardamom pods

cinnamon stick

brandy

block all-butter puff pastry

Core the pears, then peel as neatly as possible and halve. If you like, they can be prepared up to a day ahead and kept in the fridge, uncovered, so that they dry out.

Tip the sugar, butter, star anise, cardamom and cinnamon into an ovenproof frying pan, about 20cm wide, and place over a high heat until bubbling. Shake the pan and stir the buttery sauce until it separates and the sugar caramelises to a toffee colour.

Lay the pears in the pan, then cook in the sauce for 10-12 mins, tossing occasionally, until completely caramelised. Don’t worry about them burning – they won’t – but you want to caramelise them as much as possible. Splash in the brandy and let it flambé, then set the pears aside.

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Roll the pastry out to the thickness of a £1 coin. Using a plate slightly larger than the top of the pan, cut out a circle, then press the edges of the circle of pastry to thin them out.

When the pears have cooled slightly, arrange them in the pan, cut side up, in a floral shape, with the pears around the edge pointing inwards. Rest the cinnamon stick on the top in the centre, with the cardamom pods scattered around.

Drape the pastry over the pears, then tuck the edges down the pan sides and under the fruit (see Gordon’s guide). Pierce the pastry a few times, then bake for 15 mins. If a lot of juice bubbles up the side of the pan, pour it off at this stage (see guide). Reduce oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and bake for 15 mins more until the pastry is golden. Leave the tart to stand for 10 mins, then invert it carefully onto a serving dish.

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