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Pastry

Vol au Vent Cases
Vol au Vent Cases
Serves : 6
Time: 1 hour
Difficulty:
Author: Chef Philippe
6 ratings
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Ingredients:
500g puff pastry, 1 egg yolk (glaze)
Method
For this Vol au Vent Cases recipe, start rolling out the puff pastry. Although puff pastry is quite technical, I invite you to follow my easy, step-by-step recipe for a home-made flaky pastry. You won't be disappointed! For best results, I recommend using extra dry butter.
Roll the puff pastry to a thickness of 4 or 5mm. Using an Exoglass round pastry cutter Ø 10cm (I used a fluted cutter for this recipe), cut the pastry into discs...
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Vol au Vent Cases

Serves : 6
Time: 1 hour
Reviews:
 6 ratings