Donald Russell
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Awful Beef Wellington
We ordered four of their Beef Wellingtons; put quite simply, their description is inaccurate. A Wellington should be a piece of fillet wrapped in a mushroom duxelles followed by prosciutto - the Russell version had no prosciutto at all. It contained a lump of rather dry and tasteless fillet (even though it had been cooked to medium/rare) topped by a dollop of tasteless mushroom, which added nothing to the dish. The base of a Wellington has to be baked first and then united with the top covering, or else it will end up soggy, as did the Russell version - really unpleasant. The pastry tasted alright, but was too thick and cloying to be enjoyable. I will not be being this again; I can do better myself and save money too.