Bake the beef fillet at the high heat for 10 minutes.
When you are ready to bake the Beef Wellington, preheat the oven to 450F/230C/gas mark 8. Brush the pastry all over with beaten egg.
When the restaurant opened, its signature dish on a no-frills menu was a hefty prime rib of beef, baked potato, peas, salad and cheesecake, for $1.75.
Don't miss the speciality denningvleis, a tender sweet-and-sour lamb stew, and the unforgettable bobotie, spiced minced beef baked with egg-soaked bread and sultanas.
But the notion of a Greek pastitsio, a layered casserole of macaroni, tomatoes and ground beef baked with a béchamel topping (using lobster in place of the meat), took hold, and there was no turning back.
The Restaurante Central, preferred by estancieros and their families, offers such pampa delicacies as asado con cuero, a slab of beef baked with the hide still attached and served cold, and locro, a thick stew of beef, pork and hominy.
My mother said Chy said how about corned beef, baked beans, an orange-watercress-and-pine-nut salad and for dessert crème caramel, and I said to my mother nah, this crowd isn't ready for brined meat, they are one bite away from pizza and soda, so my mother went back to Chy, and Chy went back to the drawing board.
While not the cheapest option in town, Xapuri's portions offer value for money: fried pork ribs with rice, feijão tropeiro (a bean, egg and sausage hash) and kale (R$89, around £24) or the shredded dried beef, baked and served inside a pumpkin (£30) easily feed two, three or even four.
Ground beef, baked beans, and Spaghetti-Os mixed together.
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