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Turkey Breast, Mushrooms and Blue Cheese Vol-Au-Vents

Turkey Breast, Mushrooms and Blue Cheese Vol-Au-Vents

Natasha LS / @natashaals
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 8 pcs
Calories 674 kcal

Ingredients
  

Vol-au-vents

  • 800 g puff pastry thawed
  • 1 egg yolk

Blue Cheese and Turkey Sauce

  • 240 g turkey breasts diced
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper  
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 cup mushrooms cut in small pieces
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • ½ onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1 ⅓ cup milk
  • 25 g blue cheese
  • 2 tbsp parsley chopped
  • 1 tbsp chives finely chopped

Instructions
 

Vol-au-vents

  • Preheat the oven at 350°F.
  • On a clean surface, spread puff pastry and, use a cookie cutter, to cut 16-8 cm circles.
  • Use a smaller, round, cookie cutter, with a diameter of approx. 5 cm, to cut another circle inside 8 big circles to create 8 rings.
  • Brush the 16 ring pieces with egg yolk.
  • Place a ring on each big circle to form the vol-au-vents.
  • Transfer the 8 vol-au-vents on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cook in the oven for 35 minutes, until well puffed and golden.

Blue cheese and turkey sauce

  • Season turkey with ½ tsp of salt and 1 tsp of pepper. Set aside.
  • In a frying pan, heat 1 Tbsp of oil at medium high heat and cook turkey for 3-4 minutes or until well cooked and golden. Remove turkey from pan, transfer in a bowl and set aside.
  • In the same pan, heat 1 Tbsp of oil, add mushrooms and cook at medium high heat for 2-3 minutes, or until mushrooms are slightly golden, then remove from pan and transfer in the same bowl used for the turkey.
  • In the same pan, add butter, onion and garlic and cook until onion and garlic are slightly charred.
  • Add flour and stir with a whisk Until mix starts to brown.
  • Add milk and blue cheese and whisk until sauce thickens.
  • Add turkey, mushrooms, remaining salt and pepper, parsley and chives, and stir. Turn off the heat and set aside.
  • Assemble your plates with the vol-au-vents and cover with blue cheese and turkey sauce.

Notes

Serve with a handful of arugula. *Keep the remaining puff pastry and brush it with butter and honey, then cook in the oven for 30 minutes at 350°F to create sweet little bites.

Nutrition

Calories: 674kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 18gFat: 45gSodium: 551mg
Keyword Turkey Breast
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