Nutrition
≈ 500 kcalper portion of about 350 g
- Protein18%
- Fat59%
- Carbohydrates23%
Estimate for a typical portion of this dish; the venue's recipe may differ.
About the dish
A creamy chicken ragout served inside a hollow, light puff pastry shell.
- Cuisine
- French/Belgian
Typical ingredients
- chicken
- mushrooms
- cream
- puff pastry
General information about this dish, not provided by the venue. Dish pictures are illustrations based on the menu description, not photos from the venue.
History of the dish
France
- Origin
- France
- Created by
- Marie-Antoine Carême
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A vol-au-vent (pronounced [vɔlovɑ̃], French for "fly to the wind", to describe its lightness) is a small hollow case of puff pastry with a filling. It was also formerly called a 'patty case' in the USA, though patty cases in the rest of the world are heavier in pastry.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Vol-au-vent” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0
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