Vol-au-vents with Caprese Filling
A bright and festive appetizer made from crispy pastry with a juicy salad and aromatic sauce. You can use either unleavened or yeast dough. This quantity of ingredients makes 12-15 pieces.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 12
- Recipe difficulty
- 2 / 5
Ingredients
for 12 servings
- puff pastry 500 g
- tomatoes 150 g
- mozzarella cheese 150 g
- pesto sauce 30 g
Instructions
Preparing the vol-au-vents
Step 1 of 8
Cut circles about 5 cm in diameter from the rolled-out pastry (approximately 5–7 mm thick).
Step 2 of 8
Line a baking pan with parchment paper or grease it with oil, and place the pieces on it.
Step 3 of 8
Make a notch 4 cm in diameter in each circle without cutting through the pastry completely (you can use a knife or a cutter). Place them in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 10–15 minutes. Let cool.
Preparing the filling
Step 4 of 8
Finely chop the tomatoes.
Step 5 of 8
Finely chop the mozzarella.
Step 6 of 8
Combine the chopped tomatoes and mozzarella.
Step 7 of 8
Add pesto and mix. Salt if necessary.
Step 8 of 8
Fill the prepared vol-au-vents with the filling.