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chicken and mushroom vol au vents

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  • 26-05-2009 12:49pm
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    auditek923
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭


    i love cooking these but the sauce is never creamy/thick enough. is it just a case of sub milk/cream for water when making the sauces???


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    velocirafter
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭velocirafter


    oh ya, you're never gonna get a creamy sauce using water


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    NewFrockTuesday
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    Make a veloute but add a bit more flour if its too think.

    if I make vav's, I use roasted chicken not breast as it has way more flavour, then I use the carcass for stock for the sauce. Include a little wine,garlic and thyme then finish with chopped fresh parsley and chives. I add the cooked ingredients (eg, cicken, mushroos, lardons) to the sauce and leave be for 24 hours. Old fashioned but delicious! Ya gotta love the 70's :)


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    olaola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭olaola


    I make the sauce with creme fraiche & parmesan. Usually stays quite thick - don't add the mushrooms too early or they'll release a lot of water.


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    boodlesdoodles
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    If I'm adding mushrooms to anything like a sauce I always fry them off separately first. I find this way you get round excess moisture from them, I add them to the sauce towards the end of cooking.


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    JIZZLORD
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    flour, milk and butter. guesstimated amounts, but always werks for me


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    shezza
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    I know its cheating but I love the Campbells (now knorr) chicken and white wine soup mixed with full fat milk to make my vol un vant mix its yum!


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    dlambirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dlambirl


    shezza wrote: »
    I know its cheating but I love the Campbells (now knorr) chicken and white wine soup mixed with full fat milk to make my vol un vant mix its yum!

    I've heard loads of my friends making it that way


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