Fillet of Beef in Pastry

With the price of beef fillet so high this recipe is fast becoming a folk memory. But should you get fillet by some happy chance this is probably the best way of serving it. The pastry encloses the meat, trapping the flavour and juices, and the pastry itself is so delicious that the dish is ‘stretched’ to serve more people than a plain whole roasted fillet without pastry would do.