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Heading: Starters & Soups
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.