{"id":730,"date":"2026-01-14T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=730"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:13:52","slug":"shrimp-and-mushroom-vol-au-vent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/shrimp-and-mushroom-vol-au-vent\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp and Mushroom Vol-au-Vent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shrimp and Mushroom Vol-au-Vent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Puff pastry (pure butter) \u2013 4 circles of 100 g each, total 400 g<\/li>\n<li>Peeled shrimp \u2013 400 g<\/li>\n<li>Button mushrooms \u2013 250 g<\/li>\n<li>30 g butter<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 small onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 clove garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>250 ml heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>100 ml milk<\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>A pinch of nutmeg (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 egg (for egg wash)<\/li>\n<li>Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Prepare the Puff Pastry:<\/strong><br \/>\nPreheat the oven to 200\u00b0C (390\u00b0F). Place the puff pastry circles on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush them lightly with the beaten egg. Bake for 12\u201315 minutes, or until golden and puffed. Remove from the oven and let cool.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cook the Filling:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In a large pan, heat butter and olive oil over medium heat.<\/li>\n<li>Add chopped onion and garlic; saut\u00e9 until translucent.<\/li>\n<li>Add sliced mushrooms and cook until soft.<\/li>\n<li>Add the shrimp and cook until they turn pink (about 2\u20133 minutes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make the Sauce:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sprinkle the flour over the shrimp and mushroom mixture; stir well to combine.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually add the cream and milk while stirring to avoid lumps.<\/li>\n<li>Cook for 3\u20135 minutes until the sauce thickens.<\/li>\n<li>Season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assemble the Vol-au-Vent:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Carefully cut a small hole in the top of each puff pastry circle if needed to make a \u201cwell.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Spoon the shrimp and mushroom mixture into each puff pastry shell.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with chopped parsley.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serve:<\/strong><br \/>\nServe warm as an appetizer or a light main dish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shrimp and Mushroom Vol-au-Vent Ingredients: Puff pastry (pure butter) \u2013 4 circles of 100 g each, total 400 g Peeled&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}