Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Pastry: Vol au Vents

I wanted to get out some really simple pastry recipes. This one, from Gourmet Meals in Minutes, is very easy to make. However, I used the Pepperidge Farms brand puff pastry shells and mine were not very large. There was no way I could fit 9 berries on top or the amount of whipped cream called for. However, it is very easy to adjust this recipe on the fly. I will also depend on how large your berries are. I highly recommend this recipe.
This recipe serves 8

Ingredients:
8 each puff pastry shells, frozen
1 pint raspberries
2 pints blackberries
2 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, Whipped
8 each mint sprig
1 cup Raspberry Coulis

Directions:
1.     Bake the puff pastry shells according to the manufacturers' instructions. Cool completely.
2.    Spoon 2T of the whipped cream into each baked shell. Arrange 5 berries on top of the shipped cream. Layer with another 3T whipped cream and arrange 9 more berries on top.
3.    Garnish with a sprig of mint.
4.    Serve with 2T of Raspberry Coulis.
*High Altitude: No adjustments necessary

Nutrition: This is based on using all the ingredients above. As I mentioned I didn't use all of the ingredients. 
Per Serving: 569 Calories; 46g Fat (71.1% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 36g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 102mg Cholesterol; 145mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Vegetable; 1 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 9 Fat.

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