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vol-au-vent

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vol-au-vent

  [vaw-loh-vahn]
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–noun Cookery.
a large shell of light, flaky pastry for filling with vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
Origin:
1820–30; < F: lit., flight on the wind
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Haydel's Bakery
N.O Wedding Cake Squares Shipped Pattie Shells or Vol-au-vents
www.HaydelBakery.com
Save On Vol au Vent
Choose from 2 Vol au Vent Products Save 25-50%
www.FoodServiceDirect.com
vol-au-vent   (vô'lō-väɴ')   
n.  A light pastry shell filled with a ragout of meat or fish.

[French : vol, flight + au, with the + vent, wind.]
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