August 5, 2012: Make your own Beef Wellington! Days of Stargate: Atlantis Past! Progeny!

Anybody who has watched Hell’s Kitchen knows that making a perfect Beef Wellington can be tricky.  Well, yesterday, Akemi succeeded in executing the dish to perfection.  What follows are Akemi’s steps to a terrific Beef Wellington (channeling Gordon Ramsay minus the expletives).

Layer out seranno ham slices on a piece of plastic wrap.  Brush on a mushroom duxelle.  Season a piece of tenderloin with salt and pepper, sear, then brush with dijon mustard.

Set the tenderloin down atop the mushroom duxelle.

Then, carefully roll.

Spin and twist and -

Voila!  Pop this in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day, roll out your pastry dough and sprinkle with thyme.

Remove the tenderloin from the plastic wrap and place at the center of the rolled dough sheet.

Roll, spin and twist once again.  Pop in the refrigerator for at least fifteen minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Remove the pastry-encased tenderloin from the plastic, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse salt, then pop in the oven for 30-35 minutes.

Take it out of the oven and allow it to rest for 5-10 minutes.

Slice.

And serve!

Days of Stargate: Atlantis past continues with our look at -

PROGENY (305)

Finally, we are introduced to the creators of the Hot Zone virus AND answer some long-burning questions like “Why did the Ancient repository of knowledge contain the schematics for a weapon capable of destroying human-form replicators?”.  We are introduced to the Asurans who possess the arrogance of their creators, the Ancients, and a coded disposition for violence.  Clearly, the worst of both worlds.  Carl Binder delivers a script that is tightly plotted, peppered with humor and, in typical Carl fashion, possessed of great character moments. Weir shows off her leadership chops while Rodney demonstrates courage and compassion by offering to “flip” Sheppard for the duty of staying behind to manually trigger the self-destruct.  A seminal episode.

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