This is a party favourite, the chicken Vol-au-Vent is a french dish made of hollow puff pastry with a creamy chicken filling.
Category
Snack
Servings
6
Prep time
1 hour
Cook time
1 hour
This is a party favourite, the chicken Vol-au-Vent is a french dish made of hollow puff pastry with a creamy chicken filling.
Ingredients
- 1 brown onion, finely diced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 leek, diced (white part only) and rinsed well under water
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 400g chicken thighs, diced
- 30g butter
- 30g flour
- 400ml chicken stock
- 50ml cream
- 1/2 bunch dill, finely sliced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 sheets puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
Directions
In a large pan, heat the olive oil and sweat down the onions, carrots and leeks with a pinch of salt.
- When they are almost cooked (5-6 minutes), remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add some more oil to the pan, and add the chicken. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the butter to the pan, and once it's melted, add the flour and stir well.
- Next pour in the chicken stock, and stir until you have a thick, smooth sauce.
- Add the veg back to the pan and finish with the fresh dill.
- For the pastry, cut 8 circles, about 10 cm round, then take 4 of those circles and using a slightly smaller cookie-cutter; cut the centre out of them and the centres put aside.
- You should now have 4 large circles, 4 rings and 4 smaller circles (lids). Place one of the rings onto each of the larger circles and brush with the beaten egg.
- Bake these in a 180° oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
- To serve, simply push the centre of the puff pastries down and spoon in your chicken and vegetable mixture. You can optionally place the centre of the rings on top to garnish also.
- Enjoy!
