Murder recipe: Recipe Tin Eats founder begs media to be left alone
Nagi Maehashi
Recipe Tin Eats author Nagi Maehashi has asked Australian journalists to stop contacting her about the Erin Patterson case, after the triple-murderer revealed in court she used Maehashi’s beef wellington recipe for the lunch.
Maehashi took to Instagram on Tuesday evening to ask “journalists of Australia” to “please stop calling and emailing and texting and DM’ing me about the Erin Patterson case.
“It is of course upsetting to learn that one of my recipes – possibly the one I’ve spent more hours perfecting than any other – something I created to bring joy and happiness, is entangled in a tragic situation. Other than that, I have nothing to say and I won’t be talking to anyone.
“Thank you for respecting my privacy.”
Maehashi also added a mushroom emoji to the post.
Maehashi preparing her beef wellington
In early June, Patterson told the court she adapted a Recipe Tin Eats recipe for the beef wellington, and that the fatal May 2023 lunch was her first attempt at the wellington.
She claimed she was unable to buy a large enough piece of meat for the recipe, and so had to bulk the meal out with extra mushrooms, which she minced into a duxelles (a kind of mushroom paste). After tasting the mix, and finding it bland, Patterson added extra dried mushrooms, which she got from her pantry. Patterson told the court she believed these were bought months earlier from an Asian grocer.
On Monday afternoon, Patterson was found guilty of three counts of murder, and one count of attempted murder.
Maehashi posted the recipe to her website on September 2022, writing: “It took loads of attempts but I’m proud to say I’ve finally cracked one of the trickiest of haute cuisine classics, the grand Beef Wellington.”
“The result is incredibly juicy, edge-to-edge rose pink beef encased in pastry boasting a flawlessly crispy base. With this recipe, you too can pull off the perfect Beef Wellington!”
“The perfect beef wellington.”
Maehashi made headlines in late April when she accused fellow cookbook author Brooke Bellamy of plagiarising recipes in her Bake With Brooki book, published by Penguin.
The book has sold close to 100,000 copies, and Maehashi claims Penguin dismissed her claims. Bellamy also denied the claims.
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