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Cuisine: French
Food Type: Seafood
No of Portions: 4
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Ingredients & Prep

   480 g  Puff pastry rolls
   300 g  King prawns cooked
   150 ml  White wine
   150 ml  Double cream 
   1/4 tsp  Salt
   1/4 tsp  Black pepper ground
   2 Eggs  beaten
   1 Lemon zest only
   1 tbsp  Lemon juice
   10 g  Fresh Dill chopped
   sprinkle  Flour for dusting
  Garnish
   sprinkle  Chopped chives (optional)

Method

  Step 1
Dust worktop with flour, roll out puff pastry & cut out with a pastry cutter 2 12 cm discs per portion, now cut one of the discs in the centre with a 8 cm pastry cutter leaving a ring, do this for each portion, retain the smaller 8 cm disc for the lid.
  Step 2
Stick the pastry ring on top of the 12cm disc with beaten egg with a pastry brush as this will form the sides of the Vol-au-vent.
  Step 3
Egg wash the top of the ring & the lid, bake pastry cases & the lid in a pre heated oven on a baking tray using either a silicon mat or greaseproof paper for 180'c for 15 to 20 mins until light golden brown, remove to cool.
  Step 4
Heat & simmer wine in a pan until its reduced by half, add cream & reduce to half again, add cook prawns, lemon juice & zest, dill & salt & pepper, warm through, spoon mixture equally into cases, sprinkle oner chives pop on lid & serve warm.

Suggestion & Tips

You can use other shellfish or chicken.
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