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Prawn and courgette vol-au-vents
Ingredients
1tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 courgettes, finely chopped
1 glass dry white wine
1 glass milk
½tbsp flour
2 x 250g packs ready-cooked prawns, tails intact, chopped (leave a few whole)
500g pack ready-made puff pastry
pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
You will need: a large round cutter and a slightly smaller one
Make these ahead and serve when friends pop round
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Method
1. Preheat oven to gas mark 6/200ºC (190ºC in a fan oven). In a frying pan, add oil and cook onion till soft. Add garlic and courgettes and cook till courgettes are soft and slightly golden. Stir through flour, pour in wine and turn heat up - bubble for 5 mins.2. Next, pour in milk and cook for a further 5 mins. Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir through chopped prawns and put to one side.
3. Using cutter, cut out about 14 large circles from pastry and put these onto a baking tray. Then mark a smaller circle in each one, but do not cut through the pastry. Brush with egg wash and put in oven till golden and risen, about 15 mins. Push middle of pastry in, then divide mixture between each one. Sit a whole prawn on top of each one. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper, if using, and serve.
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