Vol-au-vent shapes or comet shapes—filled with savoury mixtures—are excellent for buffet parties. They can be served hot or cold. If the mixture is being put into the cold pastry cases make sure it is quite cold. If, on the other hand, it is being put into hot pastry cases heat the filling and the pastry separately, and put together at the last minute, so that the filling does not make the pastry soft.

Directions for making vol-au-vent shapes and comet shapes are given in the Pastry section (pp. 340–1).

Suggested Fillings: Quantities given are enough to fill 12 medium-sized vol-au-vent cases or about 16 comet cases (allowing a liberal amount of filling).