POULET VOL-AU-VENT

POULET VOL-AU-VENT image

Yield 8 people

Number Of Ingredients 15

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Ingredients:
4 Chicken breasts skinned and cut into ½ inch pieces
Salt and pepper
5 Tablespoons butter divided
8 Ounces white mushrooms sliced
!/2 cup Champagne or Prosecco
3 Cups chicken stock
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
¼ Cup flour
1 leek cleaned and sliced, white part only
1/4 Cup thinly sliced celery
2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 Tablespoons heavy cream
2 Tablespoons fresh oregano
8 puff pastry shells pre-cooked or puff pastry squares pre cooked.

Steps:

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Ready a sauce pan. In a separate pan bring water to simmer and poach chicken until done and tender about 3-5 minutes. Remove the chicken to sauce pan with slotted spoon and add 1 tablespoon butter. Add 2 tablespoons butter to a sauté pan. When the butter begins to foam and slightly brown, add the mushrooms. Sauté for 5-7 minutes then pour over chicken. Add 2 tablespoons butter to sauté pan; cook leeks and celery over low heat until tender. Pour leeks and butter over chicken and mushrooms. Add ½ cup champagne or prosecco to the sauté pan and reduce by ½. Add chicken stock, thyme and oregano to prosecco and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. In a small bowl whisk ½ cup cold water and flour to make a paste. Add ½ cup stock form sauté pan and whisk until smooth. Add another ½ cup stock and whisk. Pour back into stock, straining if necessary to remove any tiny lumps. Whisk together the Dijon mustard, cream, salt and pepper to taste and pour into chicken stock. Whisk together while it thickens. Bring to a boil and then pour over chicken. Ladle chicken and sauce onto plate and add the puff pastry. Serve immediately.