Chicken Vol Au Vont Food

CREAMY CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENT

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.

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.

CHICKEN VOL-AU-VONT

Steps:

• Preheat oven and prepare pastry for cooking To Make Roux: Melt butter in small saucepan.
• Add equal amount of flour and cook til smooth and golden The more of this you make up, the thicker the sauce.
• To make Sauce: To the roux add 1 cup of COLD chicken stock and bring to boil.
• Lower heat and add egg yolk, a squirt of lemon juice, and a couple of glugs of cream.
• Leave aside while you cook the chicken.
• Put pastry into oven for cooking Fry the onions over low heat until soft, raise heat, and add chicken& mushrooms, cook til just done.
• Add sauce, heat through and serve with puff pastry.

CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENTS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven at 180oc.
• Saute garlic, spring onions, tarragon and seasoings in the butter for 2 minutes.
• Reduce heat, add sliced chicken and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add wine and cream and bring to the boil.
• Combine cornflour with water, then add to the chicken and stir until thickened.
• Spoon into the vol-au-vent cases
• Heat in the oven for 5 mintes.
• Serve it hot.

CHICKEN AND ASPARAGUS VOL-AU-VENTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan forced).
• Line a baking tray with baking paper and place vol-au-vent cases on prepared tray and bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until crisp and then place vol-au-vents on serving plates.
• Meanwhile heat oil in medium frying pan over moderate heat and add onion and garlic and cook and stir for 2 minutes or until softened and then add chicken, cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes or until browned.
• Whisk mustard, cream and cornflour in a small jug until smooth.
• Add to pan, cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce boils and thickens.
• Add asparagus to chicken mix.
• Remove from heat and season and then spoon chicken mix into vol-au-vent cases and sprinkle with chives and serve with salad.

CHEESY CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENT

Steps:

• In a deep skillet over medium heat, add oil and when hot, add onions; sauté for 2 minutes. Add red peppers and sauté for 2 minutes. Add garlic and red pepper flakes; sauté 1 minute. Pour in chicken broth and white wine; stir. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes, or until it reduces down to half.
• Add peas, chicken, heavy cream and rosemary; stir, reduce heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes. Add cheese and season with freshly ground black pepper; simmer for another 2 minutes.
• Add cornstarch mixture and stir until sauce thickens, about 45 seconds. Remove from heat and spoon immediately in vol-au-vent. Place caps on top and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley. Serve 4.
• Note: For a less formal presentation, substitute puff pastries for pasta or rice.

VOL-AU-VENT WITH CHICKEN, MUSHROOMS AND PEPPER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven at 160°C.
• Prepare all your ingredients ready.
• Heat in the oven the vol-au-vent about 12 minutes (if you are not ready with the filling after this time reduce the heat).
• Fry the onions in the margarine for 2 minutes.
• Reduce heat, add the chicken and cook until golden, about 8 minutes.
• Add 1dl wine, herbs, mushrooms, preserved pepper and cream.
• Combine corn starch with water and the remaining wine, then add to the chicken and stir until the sauce thickens. If it is too thick add some tablespoons of water or wine.
• Season it with salt, pepper, soy sauce and Worcestershire at your taste.
• Fill into the vol-au-vent cases and serve hot with some vegetables.
• Note: sometimes I add some vegetables (not only the mushrooms!) like carrots or peas directly to this dish.
• Note: alternative to vol-au-vent cases are fillo baskets. Instructions: Cut fillo sheets into quarters and layer diagonally in greased ramekins, spraying or brushig with olive oil in between layers - 4 squares for each ramekin dish if the sheets are very thin (like fillo for baklava) or 2 squares if they are thicker (like fillo for boureki). Spray or brush again before cooking at 250°F/180°C for in the oven for more or less 8-10 minutes.
• Note: For a vegetarian version skip the chicken and use more veggies. For example the double quantity of mushrooms. Chanterelle mushrooms are wonderful for this recipe (see photo).

CHICKEN VOL-AU-VENT WITH TOMATO MANGO RELISH #A1

Steps:

• For Chicken: Add 4 Boneless & Skinless Chicken Thighs, 1/2 cup A.1. Original Sauce, ¼ cup Olive Oil, 1 tablespoon Agave Nectar, 1 tablespoon minced Garlic, 1 tablespoon Fresh Tarragon, 2 chopped scallions, ½ teaspoon Salt and ¼ teaspoon Pepper to a zip top bag and place in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 1 hour before you are ready to cook. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken and marinade in an oven safe dish and cook 25-30 minutes, or until juices run clear. When it's cool enough to touch, chop the chicken into ½ inch cubes and return to the dish you cooked it inches.
• For Relish: Combine all tomato mango relish ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• For Sauce: In a saucepan over medium heat, cook onion and mushrooms in butter 5 minutes, until soft. Add the flour and cook about 2 minutes until all the raw flour has cooked out and looks like wet sand. Add the Half & Half and bring to a boil. Then reduce to a simmer. Add the goat cheese and stir until it's melted. Add the peas, carrots, chopped chicken, any remaining marinade and nutmeg.
• . For Vol-au-Vent: Place Puff Pastry on a lightly floured cutting board and cut into 6 rectangles. Then place the rectangles on a parchment lined baking sheet and cook in a 400-degree oven 15 minutes, or until pastry has puffed up and tops are lightly browned.
• To Assemble: Carefully separate the puff pastry rectangles into 2 pieces each. (You'll notice that there will be a natural middle spot). Use your fingers to depress a well in the bottom and fill each one with about 1 soup ladle full of the chicken mixture. Top with about a tablespoon of the tomato mango relish. Replace the top and spoon just a bit of both the sauce and relish over the top. Serve hot.