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Beef Wellington Notes

Written 12/18/23

Non-Mushroom Duxelles

Dicing tofu and bacon
  • Diced onion and garlic
  • Diced bacon (used 4 slices)
  • Diced tofu (half carton)
  • Soy sauce, mild salt, pepper, a dash of mustard, worcestershire, red wine, vegan oyster sauce, hoisin sauce
  • Any herbs you’d like (I used a pinch of herbs de provence)
  • Make in same skillet as seared beef
  • Make sure it has time to cool

Beef

Browning in cast iron skillet
  • Make sure to use actual tenderloin (think pork tenderloin) or if using another cut then cutting it to about 10in x 3in
  • Can also use steaks or small bites of another cut
  • Set out 30min prior to searing
  • Tie up if necessary
  • Soy sauce, red wine
  • Salt, pepper, garlic powder, whatever dry seasoning on all sides, pressing into meat
  • Let sit for a bit
  • Heat up skillet, then brown all sides for about 1 min on each side
  • Set into separate dish and smear mustard on it. Let sit to cool down

Puff Pastry/Compiling

Looks like mushrooms! But they’re not!
  • Make sure Puff pastry is thawed
  • Lay out plastic wrap and then puff pastry on top
  • Roll it out to make it thin
  • Pack the duxelles onto it, leaving a little side space
  • Then place the beef towards the bottom and use the plastic wrap to roll it up being careful not to make it too thick (or it will have trouble cooking properly) by trimming excess
  • When it’s rolled up in the plastic wrap, smooth out the seams then put it in the fridge for about 20ish minutes

Cooking

Used the leftover pastry to make a quick apple turnover
  • Preheat oven to 425F
  • Unroll and place wellington on a foil lined baking sheet
  • Carefully cut slits in the top. You can be creative here or not
  • Use a wash (egg or vegan) for the top
  • Sprinkle salt over that
  • Bake about 20 to 35 minutes to desired doneness, 125F for medium rare
  • Puff pastry should be a nice golden brown
  • Let sit for at least 10 minutes
  • Cut into 1inch pieces

Notes

12/18/23: used eye round beef which was MUCH too large and would not cook through quickly. Puff pastry was too thick and didn’t cook through. Ended burning and smoking something awful. Placed monitoring probe in the side which caused a leak in the wellington. Rec maybe just an instant read thermometer in the top for the future. Took 1 hour and a half because too large. Taste was good, doneness typical for Beef Wellington, duxelle was good! Puff pastry too burnt and undone to be eaten. Bottom line: beef too big, too much pastry and too thick. Would opt for a more tender meat cut and if large then cut smaller.

The House of DaVinci Written Walkthrough Guide – Simple Text Only

updated 10/24/2022

Click Here for the detailed written guide with pictures

Street

  • Take Letter from Leonardo
  • Pull Chain for small metal object
  • Key part from mailbox finial
  • Small metal object + key part = assembled key
  • Insert assembled key into mailbox. Get Oculi Infinitum (O.I.)
  • Use O.I. on door. Solve puzzle.

Library

  • Take scroll seal
  • Scroll seal > three-spoked seal
  • Place three-spoked seal into pedestal, press eyes.
  • Solve puzzle, get glove
  • Use O.I. on helmet for fine wooden ornament and piece of wire
  • Use piece of wire on bottom of artifact. Get part of wooden ornament
  • Place part of wooden ornament on lower left of pedestal. Get brass screw
  • Brass screw + fine wooden ornament = wooden rose
  • Place wooden rose in pillar.
  • Solve puzzle, get small key.
  • Insert small key into artifact. Get richly-ornamented seal > adjusted ornamental seal
  • Place into lamp
  • Solve puzzle. Get book with leather cover
  • Inspect it and get Oculi Tempus (O.T.)
  • Use O.T.
  • Press button

Workshop

  • Rotate knights, get wooden wheel
  • Rotate two top wheels near knight
  • Place wooden wheel. Get small metal part
  • Pull lever
  • Get unusual key from under desk
  • Unusual key > adjusted unusual key
  • Rotate top of globe, get sun-shaped key
  • Insert into globe lock
  • Use O.T. on crumpled paper from the desk
  • Use clues on globe puzzle (from left to right: Terra, Lapis, Sidus, Ignis)
  • Use adjusted unusual key
  • Solve first part of war puzzle (14, 29, 32, 19, 38, 77), get wooden tool with ornament
  • Pull feather on desk, then switch underneath.
  • Use wooden tool with ornament. Solve puzzle. Get model tower.
  • Place into puzzle
  • Level 2 (20, 28, 30, 47, 58)
  • Level 3 (100, 123, 46, 143, 34, 300, 55, 351, 512, 790)
  • Use O.I. get small shield
  • Place on war machine. Get metal key and engraved crank
  • Use metal key, get blue crystal
  • Place into tabletop lock. Solve puzzle, place engraved crank
  • Use O.I.
  • Use war machine
  • Take and place tetrahedron. Get disc with grooves. Place it.
  • Solve puzzle, get and place hexahedron
  • Take and use disc with long groove.
  • Solve puzzle. Get and place three-piece object with threaded rod > sphere
  • Place sphere. Get and place disc with one groove.
  • Solve puzzle. Get special geometric object > dodecahedron
  • Press button. Unlock. Pull drawer. Get wrench with cross head.
  • Use it and get engraved geometric object > octahedron
  • Place it. Get metal ram’s head and large gear
  • Place metal ram’s head. Get engraved metal handle. Place it
  • Get and use small key.
  • Use O.T.
  • Get folding knife > knife
  • Cut rope, place large gear. Get hexagonal block > hexagonal weight
  • Use it on the door.
  • Use O.I. Get forged metal ornament. Place it.
  • Use O.I.
  • Use war machine
  • Use O.I. Solve puzzle.
  • Use O.T. Solve puzzle
  • Remove chalice

Courtyard

  • Take metal tool and scythe handle > completed handle
  • Use it on door, take wooden shaft
  • Inspect bottom of door
  • Get foldable wooden handle + Metal tool = screwdriver
  • Use on scythe blade, get strange key > small completed key
  • Use on hourglass. Get cylinder with rotating letters
  • Use O.I. for clue
  • Place cylinder with rotating letters. Solve puzzle. Get lever
  • Inspect skull. Get ornamental handle
  • Use it. Place the lever and wooden shaft. Get ornamental disc
  • Use it.
  • Use O.I. Solve puzzle

Crypt

  • Take sword. Use it on altar.
  • Inspect front, drawer, and rear of box. Get spring mechanism, cross-shaped item, folding key > unfolded key
  • Use it for metal wolf’s head
  • Solve puzzle. Get strange metal tool > metal tool with arms
  • Use on armor’s breastplate. Get wooden base with a flint and steel
  • Get part of mechanism from lower left portion of frame over fireplace
  • Use metal wolf’s head on altar. Use part of mechanism. Get cogwheel.
  • Below that, get strangely shaped object > brass cross
  • Use cogwheel on fireplace. Unlatch grate.
  • Place Spring mechanism + wooden base with a flint and steel = spring powered lighter
  • Move hay up. Strike 3x
  • Take spring powered lighter
  • Look underneath fireplace top for small wooden wheel > wooden pulley
  • Use O.I. on side of altar. Solve
  • Place wooden pulley in suit of armor
  • Press button on chair for lever with triangular shaft and use on elevator controls.
  • Place brass cross. Get cogwheel on an axle and brass cylinder > lever with octagonal shaft
  • Use on elevator controls
  • Solve altar top puzzle.
  • Use O.I. Solve another puzzle.
  • Get part of DaVinci’s model. Use it. Get hexagonal metal object > star-shaped medallion
  • Use it. Get wooden cylinder > crank.
  • Use it on altar top. Solve puzzle
  • Use cogwheel on an axle. Get empty flask and four-tipped medallion
  • Slide bottom. Solve puzzle.
  • Use O.I. Solve puzzle. Get metal cylinder with rings
  • Use four-tipped medallion on desk. Solve puzzle. Get valve mechanism and weight-shaped tool
  • Place empty flask and valve mechanism. Use O.T. Solve
  • Pump machine. Insert spring-powered lighter. Strike.
  • Get ornamental head + metal cylinder with rings = lever with a square shaft
  • Weight shaped tool is puzzle. Fit it on armor helmet.
  • Use O.I. Solve. Get special key. Use it on armor’s thigh
  • Get lens on a long shaft > large lens on a tripod. Place in fireplace.
  • Use lever with a square shaft on elevator controls
  • Press button, get roof of the model. Press button.
  • Slide palace stairs into place.
  • Tap middle top decoration. Get model of staircase. Place it
  • Get medallion. Use it above and solve puzzle.
  • Solve puzzle. Get scepter-like object > lens on a long shaft and part of the tower + roof of the model = tower model
  • Place it.
  • Use lens on a long shaft on staircase
  • Turn lens placed in fireplace.
  • Solve shield puzzle (5, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3)
  • Get wooden handle and strange lock mechanism
  • Use the latter on the far wall. Solve.
  • Use wooden handle

Armory

  • Take cube > small metal key
  • Solve puzzle on board. Get emerald-topped gold fitting
  • Solve shield puzzle (skull, bunny, skull, bunny, skull)
  • Solve puzzle on right wall. Get wooden handle
  • Use O.I. Press button
  • Use small metal key. Get dagger > ruby-topped gold fitting and metal lever
  • Pick up metal cross from desk.
  • Solve puzzle using emerald-topped gold fitting and ruby-topped gold fitting
  • Get metal head + wooden handle = lever with massive metal head
  • Insert metal cross on table. Get small wheel
  • Use O.I. on war machine. Solve puzzle.
  • Use lever with massive metal head
  • Use metal lever (from chest). Shoot 3 pots.
  • Go to grated window. Use small wheel. Solve puzzle.
  • Get metal crank. Use inside war machine

Tower

  • Solve window puzzle
  • Solve gold circle puzzle. Get square medallion
  • Solve puzzle on cabinet door.
  • Use square medallion. Solve puzzles. Use O.I. for clue
  • Get cogwheel. Use on gold circle puzzle.
  • Solve puzzle. Get silver disc and golden dial with a cogwheel
  • Use silver disc on astrolabe.
  • Use O.T. Solve. Get small key. Use on side of cabinet. Get strangely shaped tool
  • Solve lantern puzzle
  • Solve wall puzzle
  • Take part of the device + golden dial with a cogwheel = dial gear assembly
  • Use it. Solve moon phase puzzle (white full, red full, white first quarter, red waxing crescent)
  • Solve dial puzzle
  • Use strangely shaped tool. Get key with cross-shaped head. Use in astrolabe.
  • Use O.T. Solve. Get silver four-tipped medallion
  • Solve moon phase puzzle (white waxing crescent sliver, white waning gibbous, white waxing crescent, red waning crescent)
  • Solve dial puzzle. Get ironbound wooden wheel
  • Solve lantern puzzle
  • Use silver four-tipped medallion and ironbound wooden wheel
  • Descend

Time Machine (END)

  • Take cogwheel under roman numeral II. Use O.I. Solve puzzle
  • Use cogwheel on wall. Use O.I. Solve puzzle
  • Take empty test vial and wheel with four handles
  • Use the latter on the table. Get barrel screw. Use it. Pull lever.
  • Take wheel and wooden box
  • Place the latter on table. Open it.
  • Get small lens. Use on microscope.
  • Place wheel under roman numeral III. Use O.I. Solve puzzle.
  • Use empty test vial. Get filled test vial. Place in front of microscope
  • Reflect light. Focus lens. Get medallion
  • Use it on right edge of table. Get lever.
  • Place it under roman numeral I. Use O.I. Solve.
  • Get small flying machine model from boiler. Use it on perspectograph. Solve.
  • Get full test vial. Use under microscope. Get golden handle. Use on boiler.
  • Solve upper puzzle (4, 2, 8)
  • Solve lower puzzle (h, f-thing, j)
  • Pump boiler. Solve puzzle (5, 3, 4—oops)
  • Get lighter and lever from upstairs. Replace broken one
  • Pump boiler. Solve puzzle (5, 3, 4, 1, 2, 6)
  • Use O.T. for clue
  • Use lever machine with gauges. Solve puzzle.
  • Pull lower lever

FINISH