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vol-au-vent

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vol-au-vent  (vôl-vä)
n.
A light pastry shell filled with a ragout of meat or fish.
[French : vol, flight + au, with the + vent, wind.]
vol-au-vent (French) [vɔlovɑ̃]
n
(Cookery) a very light puff pastry case filled either with a savoury mixture in a richly flavoured sauce or sometimes with fruit
[from French, literally: flight in the wind]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vol-au-vent - puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce
pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
Translations
vol-au-vent [ˈvɒləʊvɑ̃] N → volován m
vol-au-vent
n → (Königin)pastetchen nt
vol-au-vent [ˈvɒləˌvɒŋ] n → vol-au-vent m inv
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EastEnders (BBC1) Viewers have no doubt noticed that over the past few weeks Jane and Masood have been exchanging some fairly charged looks over the vol-au-vents in the catering unit.
The Wanderer Returns by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
EASTENDERS (BBC 1) Viewers have no doubt noticed that over the past few weeks, Jane and Masood have been exchanging some fairly charged looks over the vol-au-vents in the catering unit.
SOAPBOX ... (week beginning Monday April 20) by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Charged with providing a lunch service and catering for a posh evening reception, the teams made more mistakes than all the (alleged) butties and vol-au-vents they made put together.
How to succeed ... badly by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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