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What (who) is vol-au-vent - definition

PUFF PASTRY

Vol au vent; Volauvent; Patty case

vol-au-vent

['v?l?(?)v?vol-au-vent]

¦ noun a small round case of puff pastry filled with a savoury mixture.

Origin

Fr., lit. 'flight in the wind'.

Vol-au-vent

A vol-au-vent (pronounced , French for "windblown", to describe its lightness) is a small hollow case of puff pastry. It was formerly also called a patty case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent

·noun A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.

Wikipedia

Vol-au-vent

A vol-au-vent (pronounced [vɔlovɑ̃], French for "windblown", to describe its lightness) is a small hollow case of puff pastry. It was formerly also called a patty case.

A vol-au-vent is typically made by cutting two circles in rolled out puff pastry, cutting a hole in one of them, then stacking the ring-shaped piece on top of the disc-shaped piece. The pastry is cooked, then filled with any of a variety of savory or sweet fillings.

The pastry is sometimes credited to Marie-Antoine Carême. However, an entremet called petits gâteaux vole au vent is mentioned in François Marin's 1739 cookbook Les Dons de Comus, years before Carême's birth.

In France, it is usually served as an appetizer or a small snack, filled with chicken or fish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol-au-vent

Examples of use of vol-au-vent

1. These days, Wimbledon’ s corporate hospitality is positively discreet compared to that of Roland Garros and the French tournament needs to reconsider its pandering to the vol–au–vent brigade or risk losing its unique ambience.

2. Just before the North London derby against Arsenal, we received an e–mail from the club telling us that the car park was being closed for "security reasons". On the day of the game, we turned up to find two giant "hospitality" marquees erected on the car park – match ticket, warm wine and vol–au–vent for a very reasonable 350 a pop.