Jamie Oliver served up a tasty beef Wellington with Madeira gravy for the festive season on Jamie’s Ultimate Christmas.

The ingredients are: 1 kg centre fillet of beef , trimmed (the timings below work perfectly for a fillet of roughly 10cm in diameter), olive oil, 2 large knobs of unsalted butter, 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary, 1 red onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 600 g mixed mushrooms, 100 g chicken livers , (cleaned), 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, ½ teaspoon truffle oil , (optional), 50 g fresh breadcrumbs, 1 x 500 g block puff pastry and 1 large free-range egg.

For the gravy: 2 onions, 4 sprigs of fresh thyme, 1 heaped teaspoon blackcurrant jam, 100 ml Maderia wine, 1 heaped teaspoon English mustard, 2 heaped teaspoons plain flour , plus extra for dusting and 600 ml beef stock , (hot).