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Vol-au-vent selection
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Fill ready-made vol-au-vent cases with these four varieties of filling for some easy but impressive party canapés
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Makes: 24
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Prep time: 25 mins
(may need an extra 5 mins) -
Cooking time: 15 mins
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Skill level: Easy peasy
Ingredients
If you want to serve the vol au vents hot, omit the garnish until serving. Heat through in a hot oven 200°C/Gas Mark 6 for 5 minutes or until hot.
- 50g (2oz) mushrooms finely chopped
- 15g (½oz) butter
- 25g (1oz) cheese spread (e.g Primula)
- 1 x 15ml (1 tbsp) Greek natural yogurt
Chicken:
- 50g (2oz) roasted chicken breast or tikka flavoured chicken breast
- 25g (1oz) cheese spread with chives
- 1 x 15ml (1 tbsp) Greek natural yogurt
Prawn:
- 50g (2oz) small prawns, reserve 6 for garnish
- 25g (1oz) cheese spread with shrimp
- 1 x 15ml (1 tsp) Greek natural yogurt
- 1 x 5ml (1 tsp) tomato puree
- 1 x 5ml (1 tsp) lemon juice
- 2 slices of thin ham cut into small pieces
- 25g (1 oz) pineapple pieces in own juice, diced
- 25g (1oz) cheese spread with ham
- 1 x 15ml (1 tablespoon) Greek natural yogurt
Method
- For the mushroom vol au vents: Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the chopped mushrooms, fry for 3 minutes until soft. Leave to cool. In a small bowl, combine together the cheese spread, yogurt and fried mushrooms, and spoon into 6 of the cases. Garnish with a sprig of parsley.
- For the chicken vol au vents: Cut the chicken breast into small pieces. In a small bowl, combine together the cheese spread, yogurt and chicken, spoon into 6 of the cases. Garnish with cut chives.
- For the prawn vol au vents: In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients together and spoon into 6 cases. Garnish with a prawn and sprigs of dill.
- For the ham & pineapple vol au vents: In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients together and spoon into 6 cases. Garnish with a slice of ham and a piece of pineapple.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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