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Vegan Beef Wellington

Vegan Beef Wellington RecipeThis vegan beef wellington recipe uses 15-ingredients and super easy to make for any holiday or dinner party. I’ll show you how to make vegan wellington using an easy meaty filling & puff-pastry which makes it super easy & delicious.

I made this recipe for my special holiday meal! Feel free to check out my Best Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes or Vegan Christmas Recipes to find pairings for this vegan Wellington!

Vegan WellingtonVegan Beef Wellington

A wellington is prepared meaty filling with a thin layer of mushroom paste, wrapped in a puff pastry. Interesting fact: The name comes from the finished product looking like a wellington boot (rain boot).

I’ve experimented with many vegan beef fillings and mushroom pastes to discover that using seitan or veggie ground-round filling makes the best vegan wellington. 

Using easy-to-use store-bought puff pastry, which is usually accidentally vegan (read the ingredients on the box), makes this recipe easy & affordable for any dinner or holiday meal. 

Related Recipe: Vegan Turkey

Vegan Beef WellingtonINGREDIENTS FOR BEEF WELLINGTON (VEGAN):

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT I USED:

FULL RECIPE DOWN BELOW

Wellington veganHOW DO YOU MAKE WELLINGTON FROM SCRATCH?

1. In a saucepan, heat water and add bouillon. Stir to dissolve. Add seitan or veggie ground beef, garlic powder, onion powder, and thyme, and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Stirring frequently, until the water has reduced. Remove from heat and stir in rolled oats. Keep stirring while the mixture cooks for another 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Allow it to cool completely.

2. In a large pan, heat oil, add minced garlic, onion, and mushrooms and cook until onions are soft and translucent, and mushrooms are browned, roughly 5-10 minutes. If the garlic is browning too quickly add a splash of red wine to deglaze the pan. Add red wine, and cook until the liquid has reduced. Remove from the heat, stir in parsley, and season with salt and pepper. Allow it to cool completely.

3. In a small bowl or mug, whisk together the unsweetened milk and agave or maple syrup.

4. Preheat oven to 400F.

5. On a large piece of parchment or a baking mat, roll out the puff pastry into a rectangle with a thickness of roughly 1/4-inch.

6. Spread the mushroom mixture out evenly in the center of the puff pastry, leaving a border on all sides. Form veggie beef mixture into a loaf and place in the center of puff pastry. Using a pastry brush, brush a thin layer of the milk mixture onto the bare pastry border. With a very sharp knife, from the filling outwards, cut either side of the pastry into strips. Criss-cross the pastry strips over the filling and tuck the ends underneath. Brush with more of the milk mixture, wipe away excess on the parchment.

7. Sprinkle with flaked or coarse salt (optional).

8. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown. Remove the loaf from the oven, and allow it to rest on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before slicing. This will allow everything to settle, making slicing a lot easier.

9. Serve with your favourite gravy & mashed potatoes.

Full recipe down below!


5.0 from 18 reviews
Vegan "Beef" Wellington
 
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This vegan beef wellington recipe is super easy! I'll show you how to make vegan wellington that's delicious using 15 simple ingredients.
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 4-6 servings
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a medium saucepan, heat water over medium-high heat. Add bouillon and stir until dissolved.
  2. Add seitan or veggie ground beef, garlic powder, onion powder, and thyme, and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Stirring frequently, until the water has reduced.
  3. Remove from heat and stir in rolled oats. Keep stirring while the mixture cooks for another 3 mins.
  4. Remove from heat, and season with salt and pepper. Allow it to cool completely.
  5. Meanwhile, in a large pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add minced garlic, onion, and mushrooms and cook until onions are soft and translucent, and mushrooms are browned roughly 5-10 minutes. If the garlic is browning too quickly add a splash of red wine to deglaze the pan.
  6. Add red wine, and cook until the liquid has reduced. Remove from the heat, stir in parsley, and season with salt and pepper. Allow it to cool completely.
  7. in a small bowl or mug, whisk together the unsweetened milk and agave or maple syrup.
  8. Preheat oven to 400F.
  9. On a large piece of parchment or a baking mat, roll out the puff pastry into a rectangle with a thickness of roughly a ¼-in.
  10. Spread the mushroom mixture out evenly in the center of the puff pastry, leaving a border on all sides.
  11. Form veggie beef mixture into a loaf and place in the center of puff pastry.
  12. Using a pastry brush, brush a thin layer of the milk mixture onto the bare pastry border.
  13. With a very sharp knife, from the filling outwards, cut either side of the pastry into strips.
  14. Criss-cross the pastry strips over the filling and tuck the ends underneath.
  15. Brush with more of the milk mixture, wipe away excess on the parchment.
  16. Sprinkle with flaked or coarse salt (optional).
  17. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown.
  18. Remove the loaf from the oven, and allow it to rest on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before slicing. This will allow everything to settle, making slicing a lot easier.
  19. Serve with your favourite gravy, and mashed potatoes (link ours).
NOTE: Make personal-sized loaves by cutting the pastry dough into 4 pieces.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: ¼ of loaf Calories: 312 Fat: 13.5g Carbohydrates: 18.7g Sugar: 4.5g Protein: 22.3g


Hey I’m Candice aka The Edgy Veg – I veganize popular food recipes for vegans, plant-based diets, eco-conscious eaters & people who are trying to eat more plants over… y’know animals or their by-products. I hope you enjoy this tasty vegan recipe!


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  • great but not as good as a real beef Wellington! I am carnivore, (read caveman) not vegan!

  • This was friggin’ amazing! The meat eaters were impressed too! Will most definitely make this again

  • Do you think Date syrup would work instead of maple syrup?

  • How far in advance can I make the two fillings? I did a test run two weeks ago and everyone loved it! I want to pre-make both fillings and keep them separate in the fridge, to assemble and cook for Christmas. Thanks in advance!

    • Hey Alicia! You can make it in advance for up to 1 week – just freeze the fillings to keep it fresh 🙂

  • I made this for our Christmas lunch and it was the nicest wellington I’ve ever made 🥳
    Not very difficult like some and I used tvp mince and rehydrated it with a vegan “beef” stock cube.
    I shall use the same recipe for making individual pies with shortcrust pastry.

  • Amazing! Everyone at my Christmas table raved about it – both vegans and non-vegans. I made both the filling (Impossible meat substitute) and the duxelles (mushrooms) the day before. Refrigerating them over night made them both really easy to work with the next day. I got a pkg of vegan puff pastry that came in 2 rolls (no rolling required), so I split the filling and the mushrooms each into 2 parts and made 2 Wellingtons. This Wellington recipe was so much easier to make than it looked. I totally recommend it. Fantastic job, Candice – thanks for a great recipe!

  • I’m planning to make this dish for my Veggie daughters on Christmas Day – the non-veggies will have a traditional version so I’m making two! I know the traditional version can be made in advance by a couple of days and stored in the fridge until ready to pop it into the oven. Can I do that with this version? I am going to use Impossible Meat as the main ingredient in the filling. If it can be made ahead of time and stored like the traditional version – for how long can it hold in the fridge?

    • I wouldn’t leave it longer than 2-3 days but it can definitely be wrapped and covered in the fridge then just add the “egg wash” and bake when you’re ready. I hope you enjoy it!

  • WOW so good, used the impossible ground and browned it before cooking in broth. My partner who isn’t vegan loved it!

    • Hi,
      I’m posting this as a reply to your comment since it’s recent and I hope you see it. I am going to make this as a pairing to a traditional version that I’m also making on Christmas day. I’ve never cooked vegetarian but my daughters are both Vegetarians so I want to make sure they have a nice entree. I am going to prepare the traditional version ahead of time (Thursday) and I’m told it can hold in the fridge until Saturday. Can this version also be prepared ahead of time and held in the fridge? I plan t use Impossible Meat as the main ingredient. If not rolled up, what about making the filling ahead of time and then rolling it on Saturday? I really don’t want to ruin it but I’m trying to simplify my life on Saturday as much as possible.

      • Christina says:

        Hey Vikki, I have not made this recipe yet but I feel that you could make the filling ahead of time without any problem.

  • My husband and I both loved this recipe. It is very easy to make!

  • Brian Monroy says:

    Made this yesterday and it came out awesome. Thoroughly enjoyed by both veg-heads and omnis alike!

    I ended up with a ton of extra filling- especially the mushroom mix. Is that common or does it sound like I got a portion wrong?

  • Thank you! I’ve been craving beef wellington so I made this and it is very good!!!! Thank you for creating this plant based version!

  • I made this for Christmas dinner and my family loved it. I was really impressed at how easy it was. I didn’t even tell my husband it was vegetarian, but he didn’t notice.

  • I made this for New Years and my family loved it! Definitely a classic I will reach for again

  • It’s been yeeeeears since I had a beef wellington, this definitely hit the spot 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • This was amazing!! I did this for my meat eating family. They all loved it and asked for seconds. I used dehydrated soy mince as my ‘meat’. I would def recommend this.

  • A wonderful recipe, perfect for family gatherings!

  • epicaricate says:

    Made this for non-vegans for a Christmas dinner, and it was a hit! They even took home leftovers

  • Made this on Christmas and didn’t disappoint! My family loved a slice of it even tho it was mostly for me lol

  • Carol Rigano says:

    I made this tonight for Christmas Dinner. It was amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. This will be our new Christmas dinner tradition!!!!❤️❤️ Merry Christmas!!🎅🎄❄️

  • Made this for dinner tonight with the recommended mashed potatoes and gravy. Was a huge success. Very tasty and flavorful. My family has never had a Wellington so nothing to compare it to. And we don’t want to. This was so good my husband requested that it be put in my notebook of favorite recipes.

  • I can’t believe i made something so gourmet in an hour! I always stock up on puff pastry around the holidays and had all the ingredients so I decided “why not make this tonight” and it turned out delicious!!! I used beyond meat ground round that I had thawed already and voila! I’ll be making this again because my carnivore family really loved it

  • .Thank you Candice

    You are the BEST CHRISTMAS present.

    I have been following you for over 6 years. I LOVE all your recipes.. I am married to a CARNIVORE – so face cooking challenges every day.

    Beyond meat got high praise – so I could actually make this without any worries.

    Have a wonderful holiday planing how to addresses the MILLiONS of plant based ( vegan ) converts.

    If A&W cows get so Healthy eating grass ( plant based food) why can’t we ????
    Mad cow disease was created when COWS we’re fed meat;( other cows).

    Let us hope we have learned to trust common sense and if nothing else comes from Covid – we at least can give our heads a shake and – get with the program.

    Sorry to say – we are ALL going to die one day -so why not choose to LIVE healthy and happy the days in between.
    Plant based and/or vegan.

    All the best Candice – always.

    Play safe BUT don’t forget to PLAY.
    You are the BEST.
    xo Wilma

    • I am making this for myself for Christmas! Thank you for the recipe. Unfortunately, I am the only vegan in my house but I am definitely treating myself to a fab meal!

    • Carol Rigano says:

      I made this tonight for Christmas Dinner. It was amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. This will be our new Christmas dinner tradition!!!!❤️❤️ Merry Christmas!!🎅🎄❄️

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