Chicken Vol Au Vont Recipes

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.

Steps:

• 1. Put 1/4 cup of cooking oil in a large fry pan.Cook chicken pieces over medium heat for 5 minutes and set aside. To oil in pan add the 1/4 cup of onion. Cook for 2 minutes...be careful not to burn.Add the wine, chicken broth and tarragon. Bring to a boil than simmer uncovered for 3 minutes.Add the whipping cream and simmer 1 - 2 minutes longer until sauce thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon. Return chicken to skillet along with 1/2 tsp pepper Stir well Serve over pastry shells.
• 2. Cook Pastry shells according to package directions. Be sure to clean out centres before filling with chicken mixture. I usually double or triple the liquid ingredients as I love this sauce!!!

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.

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.