Nutrition
- Protein13%
- Fat57%
- Carbohydrates30%
Estimate for a typical portion of this dish; the venue's recipe may differ.
About the dish
A light, hollow puff pastry shell filled with a creamy sauce, often containing meat or seafood.
- Cuisine
- French
Typical ingredients
- puff pastry
- cream sauce
- veal
- mushrooms
- chicken
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
Read more
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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