Chicken Vol-au-vents -

Chicken Vol-au-vents

Ingredients

1 onion, finely chopped
60 g/2 oz butter
2 cooked chicken breasts, chopped
100 ml/3½ fl oz white wine
75 g/2½ oz flour
100 ml/3½ fl oz milk
100 ml/3½ fl oz stock
1 hard-boiled egg, shelled and finely chapped
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
8 vol-au-rent cases

Details

Serves: 4

Method

Sauté the onion in the butter, until lightly coloured. Add the chicken, then stir in the wine and simmer until reduced. Stir in the flour, cook for a few minutes, then add the milk and stock. Cook until reduced to a thick sauce. Remove from the heat, add the chopped egg and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F, gas mark 4. Fill the vol-au-vents with the mixture and warm through in the oven.

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