If you're looking for a classic French dish that is both elegant and delicious, chicken mushroom vol au vents is a perfect choice. These delicate pastry shells are filled with a creamy chicken and mushroom sauce, and they can be served as an appetizer or a main course. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create this impressive dish that is sure to wow your guests.
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CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM VOL AU VENTS
Learn how to make these French chicken and mushroom vol au vents. They are small puff pastry cases with a creamy filling. Perfect canapés!
Provided by Michelle Minnaar
Categories Starter
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas mark 6.
- Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
- Cut out six round discs (7cm/3in in diameter) from pastry sheet.
- Egg wash all of them and place on the baking tray.
- Using smaller round cutter (4cm/1½in in diameter) cut each remaining disc.
- Place these outer circle on top of base discs on baking tray.
- Egg wash the vol au vents again and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until crisp and golden brown. Remove and set aside.
- While the pastry is cooking, fry the onion with the oil and butter over a medium heat until softened and translucent.
- Turn up the heat and tip in the chicken. Brown on all sides.
- Add the mushrooms and cook for three minutes.
- Pour in the wine and let it sizzle until the liquid as halved.
- Stir in the double cream and cheese. Season to taste.
- Spoon into pastry cases and serve warm, sprinkled with chives.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 215 calories, Sugar 2.4 g, Sodium 212.7 mg, Fat 13.8 g, SaturatedFat 6.1 g, TransFat 0.2 g, Carbohydrate 8.8 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 7.4 g, Cholesterol 60.1 mg
VOL AU VENTS
Steps:
- Put the stock and bay leaf in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and turn off the heat.
- Melt the butter in a saute pan and fry the onions for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until shrunken, dark and golden. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Sprinkle over the flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the wine and cook until it disappears. Pour over the stock, add the chicken and cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Stir in the creme fraiche and mustard. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the parsley.
- Spoon the chicken mixture into the vol au vent shells and serve.
CREAMY CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENT
My friends and I have been getting together for "ladies lunches" for years. These vol-au-vents are the perfect no-fuss fancy food; they look complicated, but are actually simple and fun to make. Whenever I think of good friends and good company, I think of these savory pastries. -Shauna Havey, Roy, Utah
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°. On a lightly floured surface, unfold 1 puff pastry sheet. Using a 3-1/4-in. round cutter, cut out six circles. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet., Unfold the remaining pastry sheet. Cut 6 more circles out with the 3-1/4-in. round cutter; with a 2-1/2-in. cutter, cut centers out of the circles. Place the rings on top of the circles that are on the baking sheet. Place the center circles also on the baking sheet. In a small bowl, whisk egg and water; brush over pastries. Chill 15 minutes. Bake until dark golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain. Discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings. Add leeks and pepper to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender, 5-7 minutes. Reduce heat to low; stir in bacon, chicken, cream cheese, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until blended; remove from heat., When cool enough to handle, hollow out pastries with a small knife. Fill with chicken mixture. Sprinkle with parsley and pepper. Serve with small center pastries on the side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 669 calories, Fat 45g fat (16g saturated fat), Cholesterol 108mg cholesterol, Sodium 670mg sodium, Carbohydrate 47g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 6g fiber), Protein 19g protein.
CHICKEN AVOCADO AND MUSHROOM VOL-AU-VENTS
Make and share this Chicken Avocado and Mushroom Vol-Au-Vents recipe from Food.com.
Provided by The Flying Chef
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Note: I could not get large vol-au-vent cases and used medium ones, they are just too small you can't fit enough filling in so there is too much pastry. For photo purposes I didn't overfill, but if this size is all you can get I suggest over stuffing and pouring extra filling and sauce over the top when dishing out. It doesn't look as pretty but you get a good ratio of filling to pastry and it still tastes delicious. The quantity of filling is for large cases and works well, but is to much for such small cases (hence over stuff). I used 2 cases for myself but gave 3 to my hubby.
- Heat oil in a pan and add onion and garlic, cook until onion softens, add mushrooms and cook until soft. Set aside.
- Wipe pan clean and add some more oil add seasoned breasts and cook both sides until cooked through. Remove and chop chicken into chunks. Set to one side.
- Pour milk in a pan with stock and heat. Add a little water to cornflour mix and pour half of the liquid into the milk, stir until mixture thickens slightly.
- Add wine, Dijon mustard, cayenne and cream stir to combine, add the rest of the cornflour and stir until mixture thickens.
- Return mushrooms, onion and chicken to cream mixture, add the thyme and avocado and stir in gently to combine. Keep hot until serving.
- Place vol-au-vent cases on an oven tray. Bake in a moderate oven about 5 Min's or until heated through.
- To serve place cases on plate and spoon filling into them. I served mine with honeyed carrots and buttery garlic spinach.
CHICKEN AVOCADO AND MUSHROOM STUFFED VOL-AU-VENTS
This is so simple to make and very yummy, I usually serve this in the really large vol-au-vent shells, but I could not get any, so I had to serve in medium ones. These are not ideal as you can not get much filling into them, I ended up pouring some of the filling over after taking a photo, so we were not eating just pastry cases with no filling, which is ok but does not look the most appealing. I usually buy the 12.5cm cases just so you can get an idea of the size compared to the ones in the photo.
Provided by The Flying Chef
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Heat oil in a pan cook chicken in batches until browned, remove and set to one side.
- Heat a little more oil in the same pan, add leeks, garlic and mushrooms, cook until leeks and mushrooms have softened, return chicken to pan and removed from heat.
- In a saucepan whisk soup powder with milk and stock, bring to the boil to thicken, stir in tarragon. (my packet mix requires one more cup of liquid than I use, so that I end up with a thicker version than a soup, to use as the sauce, so bear this in mind.).
- Pour soup mix into pan with chicken and mushroom mix, stir to combine, gently stir in avocado.
- Place spoonfuls of chicken mix into pastry cases, bake in oven for about 5-8 Min's until hot.
- I served our with honeyed carrots and buttered spinach.
Tips:
- To make the vol-au-vents, you can either use store-bought puff pastry or make your own. If you're making your own, be sure to chill it for at least 30 minutes before rolling it out.
- To cut the puff pastry into circles, you can use a cookie cutter or a sharp knife. If you're using a knife, be sure to score the dough all the way through so that it doesn't puff up too much in the oven.
- To make the chicken and mushroom filling, you can use any type of mushrooms you like. Some good options include cremini mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and oyster mushrooms.
- To thicken the sauce, you can use a roux, a cornstarch slurry, or a béchamel sauce. If you're using a roux, be sure to cook it over medium heat until it's golden brown.
- To serve the vol-au-vents, you can either fill them with the chicken and mushroom filling right away or you can bake them empty and then fill them just before serving.
Conclusion:
Chicken mushroom vol-au-vents are a delicious and elegant appetizer or main course. They're perfect for a special occasion or a weeknight meal. With a little planning, they're easy to make and sure to impress your guests.
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