Step 1

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius / 400 degrees Fahrenheit and line an oven tray with parchment paper/baking paper.

Step 2

Roll out the puff pastry on a lightly floured surface.

Step 3

Use a cookie cutter/pastry cutter to cut out bases for the mini vol au vents from one half of the puff pastry sheet and place them onto the baking tray.

Step 4

Cut out the second half of the puff pastry sheet, but then use the smaller cookie cutter to cut a smaller circle from the center to create a ring of puff pastry.

Step 5

Stack each ring of puff pastry on top of one of the bases.

Step 6

Brush a beaten egg wash over each vol au vent and use a fork to prick the center circle to prevent it from puffing up.

Step 7

Bake vol au vents for 10-15 minutes until golden brown and glossy. Cool vol-au-vent cases on a wire rack.