These may look retro, but the flavour combo in these smoked salmon and pea vol au vents is back in fashion! Using a couple of clever shortcuts, you can have these on your buffet table in just 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- 18 ready-to-cook frozen vol au vents
- 1 egg, beaten
- 150g cream cheese
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 150g petit pois, defrosted
- 150g pack hot smoked salmon, flaked
- 1tbsp chives, finely chopped
WEIGHT CONVERTER
Method
- Brush the vol au vents with the egg then cook and cool the vol au vent cases according to pack instructions. Combine the cream cheese, lemon juice and peas in a food processor, season with black pepper then lightly pulse until just combined.
- Fill the pastry cases with the cream cheese mixture. Top with the salmon and garnish with the chives.
Top Tip for making Smoked salmon and pea vol au vents
Add a little squeeze of wasabi paste to the pea mixture for a mini-kick.
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