FEATURE RECIPE
Chicken and black truffle vol-au-vents

Chicken and black truffle vol-au-vents

Serves 12



250 gm   block of puff pastry
1   egg, lightly whisked
200 gm   chicken breast
1 tbsp   olive oil
3   golden shallots, thinly sliced
125 ml (½ cup)   pouring cream
1 tsp   Tetsuya’s Black Truffle Salsa (see note)


1 Preheat oven to 190C. On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry to 5mm thick and using a 35mm-round cutter press out 24 circles, then using a 25mm-round cutter press the centre out of 12 of the circles to form a doughnut shape. Gently press the remaining pastry circles to make an indentation but without cutting through. Brush indented pastry rounds with egg and press the remaining doughnut-shaped pastry rounds on top. Place on a baking paper-lined oven tray and bake for 8 minutes or until golden brown.
2 Place chicken in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil over medium heat, simmer for 8 minutes, remove from heat and rest chicken in water to cool, then using fingers finely shred chicken.
3 Heat olive oil in a saucepan, add shallots and cook over low-medium heat for 8 minutes, then add cream, chicken and Truffle Salsa and simmer until reduced to a thick consistency. Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon mixture into vol-au-vents and serve immediately.

Note Tetsuya’s Black Truffle Salsa is available from David Jones Foodhalls.

RECIPE Rodney Dunn, Emma Knowles & Adelaide Lucas PHOTOGRAPHY Con Poulos STYLING Rodney Dunn


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