Vol-au-Vents

You could say that a vol-au-vent is a big bouchée or, conversely, that a bouchée is a small vol-au-vent; in principle, they are the same thing. Vol-au-vents (the term literally means “flying in the wind,” a reference to the delicate nature of the baked puff pastry) were invented by the famous French chef Antoine Carême, who according to history is said to have proclaimed, “s’envola au vent,” referring to the lightness of his creation as he removed it from the