

Beef fillet sits at the centre, wrapped in mushroom duxelles and encased in puff pastry. It’s a frozen oven meal from Charlie Bigham’s Bistro range, built for baking rather than microwaving. Inside, the beef stays in one piece, while the duxelles brings a finely chopped mushroom layer and the pastry bakes up as a crisp outer shell. Compared with many other meals in the Charlie Bigham’s lineup, this one leans more on whole cuts and assembled layers than a saucy filling. It’s the sort of dish that comes prepped in stages, so the oven has to finish the job.

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