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A vol-au-vent (pronounced , French for "windblown", to describe its lightness) is a small hollow case of puff pastry with a filling. It was formerly also called a patty case.

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Vinony's link graph records 315 inbound references to vol-au-vent, and connects out to baklava, Angel wings and cruller.

Vinony files it under Belgian cuisine, Dutch cuisine and French pastries.

Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.

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Prepared food.name
Vol-au-vent
Prepared food.image
File:Vol-au-vent 20 cm.jpg
Prepared food.caption
A large vol-au-vent
Prepared food.alt
Vol-au-vent
Prepared food.country
France
Prepared food.creator
Marie-Antoine Carême
Prepared food.type
Pastry
Prepared food.main_ingredient
Puff pastry

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Subclass of
pastry
Country of origin
France
Material used
puff pastry
Image
Gouffé Le livre de pâtisserie - Croustades.jpg
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Commons category
Vol-au-vent
discoverer or inventor
Marie-Antoine Carême
uses
ragout
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A vol-au-vent (pronounced , French for "windblown", to describe its lightness) is a small hollow case of puff pastry with a filling. It was formerly also called a patty case.

thumb|How to make vol-au-vents

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vol-au-vent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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