12 vent recipes

This recipe was inspired by Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 2. It was developed as a shrimp based filling for a small Vol-au-vent.

Homemade vol au vent shells made from puff pastry shaped around a foil ball for a hollow center. Fill with chicken, seafood, or mushroom sauce for an elegant French appetizer.

These small but scrumptious pastries are made with salmon and diced cucumbers.

Classic French chicken vol-au-vents: flaky puff pastry shells filled with cubed chicken in a creamy sherry-laced white sauce. Elegant, freezer-friendly, and ready in 40 minutes.

This is such a fun recipe. I made an entree Vol Au Vent for a recent garden party with this chicken filling, filled the small puff pastry baskets with it. Not only it looked nice and elegant, it also tasted amazingly delicious. A great pick!

A rich, no-fuss cheese soup stirred together from cream of chicken soup, cream of celery soup, sharp cheddar cheese spread, mayo, and butter. Silky, warm, and ready in under an hour.

Cube steaks marinated overnight in seasoned salt and red wine, coated in Bisquick, pan-fried until crispy in butter and oil, then baked until tender. A two-step method for the crunchiest chicken fried steak.

Quiche Lorraine with bacon, Swiss cheese, scallions, and a nutmeg-seasoned egg custard blended until foamy. Topped with pimientos and baked in a flaky pie crust.

Green banana gratin (figue vert) simmered in chicken stock, mashed, enriched with eggs and cream, then baked under a cheesy bread crumb crust. A Caribbean-French side dish with warm spices.

Haricot Vert are tender French string beans. Use regular string beans if your supermarket doesn't carry them.

Cheesy figue vert gratin: a Caribbean side dish of green bananas simmered in chicken stock, mashed with onions, cream, and eggs, then baked under a cheddar and breadcrumb crust.

Pan-seared chicken supremes marinated in lime, white wine, ginger, garlic, and tarragon, finished with a glossy cinnamon-colored pan sauce reduction. Classic French bistro technique.