Homemade Vol-au-vent
Airy, fluffy and buttery, Vol-au-vents are perfect food vessels for recipes with sauce! They can be used for savory dishes and desserts.
Ingredients
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry
- 1 large free-run egg yolk, beaten
- 1 tbsp. milk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400ºF
- Remove one sheet from the puff pastry package and let it thaw out.
- Stretch the sheet out on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat and using a cookie cutter (3 1/16-inch or 78 mm), cut out the circles. There will be some dough left so roll it out and cut a couple more circles.
- Using a smaller cookie cutter (1 7/8-inch or 48 mm), cut the center of only 4 of the 8 circles.
- Brush all eight circles with an egg wash (egg yolk mixed with milk).
- Take the circles with the smaller ones in the middle and stack them on top of the ones without the smaller circles.
- Transfer to the preheated oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from the heat and using a pointed knife, remove the small circle, leaving a hollow shell. Proceed with your recipe.