Meaning of vol-au-vent | Babel Free

Definitions

A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.

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Examples

“Ray Carling: Some nicely chilled Blue Nun and some vol-au-vents? This is Manc the Knife, is it?... Chris Skelton: What's a vol-au-vent?... Ray: It's a puff pastry shell filled with a savory meat mixture... Chris: You mean⟳ a pie, then?”

“A few offered to come⟳ for me, but they’re all up to their eyes in flans and vols-au-vent and God knows what else, so I told them I’d made my own⟳ arrangements.”

“Classic bistro fare—including quiche Lorraine and vols-au-vent—make⟳ for a light⟳ lunch comme il faut.”

“Predictably, the result⟳ was an immediate surge of panic as the embassy’s guests discarded their vols-au-vent and sought to put⟳ as much distance as they could between the outbreak of ‘fire’ and themselves.”

“Want⟳ to get⟳ heads rotating at your next dinner party or drinks get-together? Try⟳ tabling the morsel, “has there ever been a worse time to be a middle-aged white man in the world of work⟳?” and watch⟳ the vol-au-vents fly⟳.”

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