Le Cordon Bleu

Prawn bouchées

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr 10

Appears in
Quiches & Pastries: Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection
Quiches & Pastries

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

  • About

Bouchées are small round cases of puff pastry with a tasty filling. These were fashionable at the court of Louis XV of France and his wife, renowned for her hearty appetite.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Brush a large baking tray with butter, and refrigerate until needed. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 5 mm (¼ inch) thickness. Brush off any excess flour from the surface and cut out eight circles with a 7 cm (2¾ inch) fluted round cutter. Sprinkle the prepared tray with a little cold water, turn the circles over and place on the tray. Brush with the