beef Wellington
noun
beef Wel·ling·ton
-ˈwe-liŋ-tən 
: a fillet of beef covered with pâté de foie gras and baked in a casing of pastry
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Erin Patterson, 50, received a life sentence with a non-parole period of 33 years on Monday for murdering three relatives of her estranged husband using the deadly fungi in beef Wellington pastries served at her home.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Google searches for beef Wellington recipes have soared in Australia over the last few months, as the trial captivated the country.
—David Mac Dougall, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
Patterson had made each of the guests their own individual beef Wellington pastry, and served herself on a plate that was a different size and color than the other four.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 July 2025
Patterson, 50, was charged with murdering three relatives of her estranged husband by serving a beef Wellington laced with toxic death cap mushrooms over lunch in 2023, and attempting to murder a fourth.
—Britt Clennett, ABC News, 7 July 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Google searches for beef Wellington recipes have soared in Australia over the last few months, as the trial captivated the country.
—David Mac Dougall, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
Patterson had made each of the guests their own individual beef Wellington pastry, and served herself on a plate that was a different size and color than the other four.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 July 2025
Patterson, 50, was charged with murdering three relatives of her estranged husband by serving a beef Wellington laced with toxic death cap mushrooms over lunch in 2023, and attempting to murder a fourth.
—Britt Clennett, ABC News, 7 July 2025
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“Beef Wellington.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beef%20Wellington. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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