“Ordered 8 individual Beef Wellingtons for Christmas Day and New Years Day. Getting pastry to brown and keeping beef to medium to medium rare was impossible. When beef was the perfect temp, the pastry was still raw and ha fly browned. The beef was a little tough also. Would never order this again. I made two batches over a week and tried again the second time to no avail. Same problem. The pastry top was doughy when the beef was 140 degrees, which was already overdone. If you like well done beef, this item will be fine for you.”
“For years I've had wonderful success with MacKenzie appetizers. The Beef Wellington was my first purchase of their entrees. It was WONDERFUL!! The puff pastry was nice and flaky. The mushroom and onion duxelle was perfect. The steak was juicy and tasted as if I just taken it off the grill!
It's hard to believe that I took a hard frozen brick of a Beef Wellington directly from my freezer to my oven. And then 30 minutes it was a perfect elegant dinner.
I can't wait to try other entrees soon!”
“The suggested cooking instructions are useless for this product. It needs to be defrosted first. The product is nicely produced and packaged, but it is always a challenge cooking beef wellington. The goal is to get the beef pink on the inside and the exterior crust golden. I think you should experiment carefully with cooking this product and revise your suggested preparation.”
“The beef wellington I ordered was for our Christmas dinner. It was sooo good. It exceeded our expectations. The meat was tender and juicy, the pastry was flaky and the duxelle was a great flavor. I ordered the four pieces and we have two for our New Years dinner. I will not hesitate to order these again and to try other things from Mackenzie”
