What difference is there, if any, between a vol-au-vent and a bouchée à la reine?

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What difference is there, if any, between a vol-au-vent and a bouchée à la reine?

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Last updated Dec 01 2016.

zbeckabee

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Close cousins to the vol-au-vent, bouchées are always made with puff pastry that has baked blind and filled with various mixtures. The major difference between the two is that bouchées are always made with mini-pastry shells which will be served as individual portions.

http://www.cooksinfo.com/bouchees-a-la-reine

Response last updated by LadyNym on Dec 01 2016.
Feb 28 2009, 8:16 AM

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maplelover
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maplelover

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The only difference is it's called bouchée à la Reine in French, and in Switzerland and Belgium it's vol au vent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canap%C3%A9

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouch%C3%A9e_%C3%A0_la_reine

Response last updated by LadyNym on Dec 01 2016.
Feb 27 2009, 10:38 PM