vol-au-vent
a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
Origin of vol-au-vent
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How to use vol-au-vent in a sentence
After the fish came a vol-au-vent; then a roast fowl, a salad, French beans with a Pithiviers lark-pie.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. | Guy de MaupassantApple saut with butter, in this way may be served hot in the vol-au-vent.
The Modern Housewife or, Menagere | Alexis SoyerIt is generally filled with what has been left the day previous, as it requires very little for a vol-au-vent.
vol-au-vent and bouchées for the day's use are baked early in the morning.
A cover may be made by cutting a piece of puff-paste of the size of the vol-au-vent and baking it separately.
British Dictionary definitions for vol-au-vent
/ (French vɔlovɑ̃) /
a very light puff pastry case filled either with a savoury mixture in a richly flavoured sauce or sometimes with fruit
Origin of vol-au-vent
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