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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:39:36 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >On 10/25/2016 5:16 PM, l not -l wrote:
> >> But, chicken ala king; that's more a brunch item. 8-)
> >>
> >Ah, there's something I haven't seen in a long time. Chicken ala king
> >served on a pattie shell. Hmmm, haven't seen a pattie shell in a while,
> >either.
>
> I saw pattie shells (aka "vol-au-vent") on The Great British Baking
> Competition a couple of weeks ago.

oh, so that's what a US patty shell is :-)
>
> THey were filling them with all kinds of stuff.

We often see filled vol au vents at parties, wedding receptions, etc.
When I was taught to make puff pastry in cookery classes at school, we
used it to make vol au vents with a creamy mushroom filling.

Janet UK