Cooking Instructions
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Step 1
Grab your
Puff Pastry (2)
and let it sit on your kitchen counter until completely thawed.
Step 2
Take the
Mushrooms (300 g)
, wash them and slice them up.
Step 3
In a skillet heat up one of the
Garlic (1 clove)
and
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (2 Tbsp)
. Add the mushrooms and season with
Salt (to taste)
and
Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
and pour in the
Red Wine (120 mL)
.
Step 4
Cook uncovered on medium-high for about 15 minutes. Add the
Fresh Parsley (1 Tbsp)
and set aside.
Step 5
Take the
Fresh Spinach (300 g)
and wash them and cut them up.
Step 6
In a skillet, heat up the
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (1 Tbsp)
with
Butter (1 Tbsp)
. Add the spinach and stir well, season with
Salt (to taste)
and
Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
and minced
Garlic (1 clove)
.
Step 7
Set aside and chop them up finely.
Step 8
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F).
Step 9
In a bowl combine the
Egg (1)
,
Salt (to taste)
,
Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
, and
Parmesan Cheese (1 Tbsp)
and the
Heavy Cream (125 mL)
. Beat up all the ingredients together for 1-2 minutes.
Step 10
Grab one of these cute heart shape pan. Roll out the puff pastry sheet, and cut it out into 2 big hearts. Place one into the pan, pressing well around the edges.
Step 11
Add the chopped
Emmental Cheese (2 Tbsp)
, mushrooms , spinach, and then pour in half of the egg mixture, fold the edges. Bake at 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) for about 20 minutes.
Step 12
Repeat one more time to make the second quiche.
Step 13
Now on to the heart-shaped vol-au-vents! Roll out the second sheet of puff pastry and using cookie cutters, cut out hearts. Put together the
Egg (1)
and the
Milk (2 Tbsp)
to make the egg-milk wash.
Step 14
Now take 3 of the hearts, brush one with the egg-milk wash, then using a smaller cookie cutter, cut off the center of the other 2 hearts, brush them with the wash and place them on top of the first heart.
Step 15
Bake at 200 degrees C (400 degrees F) for about 15-20 minutes or until the hearts are nice and buff and got a nice golden color. Remove from the oven and let them cool down.
Step 16
Meanwhile, prepare the filling. In your blender put the sauteed spinach with the
Mascarpone Cheese (115 g)
and the remainder tablespoon of
Parmesan Cheese (1 Tbsp)
and blend until you get a nice, smooth cream.
Step 17
Place the cream into a pasty bag and fill up the center of your vol-au-vents then decorate with a few slices of mushrooms. Serve and enjoy!
