Vol-au-vent (ragout)

Vol-au-vent (ragout)

Number of people this recipe serves: 6

  • 250 g mushrooms
  • 500 g chickenfilet or beef
  • 600 ml chicken or beef stock
  • 1/2 tbsp lemonjuice
  • Fresh parsley
  • 50g Butter
  • 70g flour
  • 10 ml cooking cream
  • White and/or black pepper
  • Salt
  • (optional; usually when using chicken): 250g minced veal
  • (optional) 1 eggyoke
  • (optional) 2 tbsp breadcrumbs

For the meat:

  • Cut the meat in small cubes (about 2cm²)
  • Start cooking the stock, cook the beef/chicken.
  • Note: that with beef this will need about 2 hours, so its smart to prepare this beforehand). The matter a fact, you can just get water, and prepare a stock using the meat and adding some basic vegetables you would normally use for stock, and use that stock for this dish.
  • When done, seperate the meat from the vegetables and the stock. We wont need the vegetables from the stock for this dish. They can always be used in creative ways ;)

For the Meatballs (optional):

  • Mix the minced veal with the eggyoke and the breadcrumbs.
  • Roll small balls and poach these in the chickenstock.
  • When done, keep them apart.

Prepare the shrooms:

  • Sauté the mushrooms shortly in butter, making sure that most internal moisture is vaporized.
  • Quench with lemon juice.

For the bechamelsauce:

  • Make sure the stock is on a reasonable tempurature (nice and hot, else the mixture will cool to abrubtly)
  • Melt the butter, add the flower and mix properly with a wooden spoon.
  • Don't forget to stir every now and again. Wait until the flour is done, which you will notice by smelling somewhat of a cookie-smell.
  • Take the pan of the fire. = Gently and gradually add the stock one ladle at a time, mixing it into the flower butter mixture.
  • If all stock is mixed in, put it back on the fire and bring it to a boil. Keep mixing it with a whisk until you have a nice and smooth sauce.
  • Season with pepper and salt.

Final Preparation:

  • Having the bechamelsauce from the previous step, we add the meat, the mushrooms and optionally the veal meatballs.
  • Finely chop the parsley and add it aswell.
  • Optionally season with pepper, salt, and lemonjuice.