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Hot-smoked salmon vol-au-vents

• Adam Bush

Published: August 13, 2021 at 10:17 AM

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Serves 6 as a starter

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 15 mins

+ freezing

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Make at-home entertaining even easier with these hot-smoked salmon vol-au-vents that can be rustled up ahead of time. Simply re-heat and assemble to serve!

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Make these smoked salmon vol-au-vents, then check out our prawn vol-au-vents, hot-smoked salmon mini quiches, gravadlax and more starters recipes and Christmas starter recipes.

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 500g block puff pastry

• plain flour

  for dusting

• 2 eggs

  beaten

• 2 tbsp unsalted butter

• 2 long shallots

  peeled and finely chopped

• 250ml white or sparkling wine

• 200ml double cream

• 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard

• 400g hot-smoked salmon

  flaked

• 50g salmon roe

  (optional)

• ½ lemon

  juiced

• a handful chives

  finely chopped

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal675
• fat48.9g
• saturates24.4g
• carbs26.1g
• sugars4.4g
• fibre2.8g
• protein24.8g
• salt2.5g

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Method

• step 1

  Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured work surface until about 40 x 40cm. Use a round 12cm cutter to cut 12 circles from the pastry. Put six of the circles on a baking tray lined with baking paper, then use a round 8cm cutter to stamp out the middles of the remaining six circles to make rings.

• step 2

  Brush the six rings with some of the beaten egg, then neatly lay one ring over each whole pastry circle. Prick the middles all over with a fork. Put the stamped-out middles on the baking tray, too – these can be used as lids for the vol-au-vents, if you like – and brush all the pastry with a little more of the beaten egg. Chill for 20 minutes.

• step 3

  Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Brush all the pastry again with the remaining beaten egg, then bake for 20 minutes until risen and golden. Cool completely, then wrap well and freeze for up to three months.

• step 4

  To defrost, heat the oven to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1, unwrap the pastry cases and put on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until fully defrosted and crisp. Cool until needed.

• step 5

  To make the sauce, melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat and cook the shallots with a large pinch of salt for 5-10 minutes or until softened. Pour in the wine and reduce by half, then pour in the cream and reduce again until saucy. Stir in the mustard, then flake in the salmon and continue to cook for a few minutes to warm through. When ready to serve, gently stir in the salmon roe (if using), lemon juice and chives, then season. Spoon the filling into the vol-au-vent cases, top with the lids, if you like, and serve.

Check out more smoked salmon recipes.

Authors

Adam BushDeputy food editor

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