Dollies Tomato Aspic Recipes

TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Fully dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a mixing bowl.
• Combine vegetable juice, worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and cloves in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf and cloves.
• Stir onion and celery into vegetable juice.
• Pour vegetable juice mixture over dissolved gelatin; stir gently to blend.
• Refrigerate until set completely, about 1 hour.

TOMATO ASPIC RECIPE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a bowl; let stand 5 minutes. Whisk in the boiling water until the gelatin is dissolved.
• Stir together the tomato juice and next 8 ingredients in a large saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high. Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes. Pour through a wire-mesh strainer into a bowl; stir in the lemon juice and gelatin.
• Pour into a 10-inch ring mold coated with cooking spray or 6 individual molds; chill 6 hours or until set.

TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Core tomatoes; coarsely chop.Working in batches, transfer to a food processor or food mill. Process to a rough puree.
• Rinse two 24-inch square pieces of cheesecloth.Wring out cheesecloth; layer pieces in a large glass bowl. Pour puree into cheesecloth; gather up ends, and cinch with kitchen twine. Tie ends of cloth together to make a loop. Hang sack from a cupboard door, placing bowl directly underneath to collect juices.
• Let drain at least 1 hour; liquid will be pale. Transfer it to a large glass measuring cup, and set aside.
• Squeeze bundle over emptied bowl to extract remaining liquid; pour into another measuring cup. You should have about 4 cups dark-red tomato juice; if needed, add enough reserved pale liquid to make 4 cups. Pass juice through a fine sieve into a bowl. Discard pale liquid.
• Place 1 cup tomato juice in a small bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over liquid; let soften, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a medium saucepan; stir over very low heat until gelatin dissolves. Stir in some of the juice to lower the temperature of the gelatin mixture, then add remaining juice and salt.
• Pour mixture into a 9-by-4 3/4-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until jelled, at least 1 hour. To unmold: Slide a knife around inside edge of pan.Wrap loaf pan in a hot towel, and invert onto a serving platter. Garnish with basil sprigs.

CLASSIC TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatine over 1 cup of the cold juice in large bowl; let stand 1 min. to soften gelatine. Add hot juice; stir 5 min. or until gelatine is completely dissolved.
• Add remaining 2 cups cold juice, the lemon juice, sugar, Worcestershire sauce and pepper sauce; mix well. Pour into 5-1/2-cup ring mold or bowl.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Unmold onto serving plate to serve.

DOLLIE'S TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Pour the tomatoes with the juice from the can into a saucepan over medium heat and heat until warm, about 5 minutes.
• Dissolve the raspberry gelatin in the boiling water. Stir the unflavored gelatin into the cold water until dissolved. Add both mixtures to the warmed tomatoes and stir. Pour the tomato mixture into a gelatin mold and refrigerate until congealed, 3 to 4 hours.

TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Bring cream cheese to room temperature.
• Combine the tomato juice, lemon slices, onion slices, bay leaves, celery leaves, and cloves in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• While the tomato juice mixture is simmering, mix together the gelatin and the apple cider vinegar.
• Strain the tomato juice mixture into a large bowl. Add the apple cider vinegar/gelatin mixture and stir well to dissolve the gelatin.
• In a small bowl, combine the room temperature cream cheese with 1 cup of the tomato juice mixture, whisking well to combine. Continue whisking until there are no more lumps of cream cheese and the mixture is smooth.
• Oil a 6 cup mold with the tablespoon of olive oil.
• Pour the cream cheese mixture into the mold. Cover and refrigerate until the cream cheese layer is set.
• Meanwhile, add the horseradish, salt, pepper, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce to the remaining tomato juice mixture, stirring well to combine.
• Once the cream cheese layer has set, pour the remaining tomato juice mixture into the mold, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• When ready to serve, unmold the aspic onto a serving platter and sprinkle with the parsley. If you have a difficult time getting the aspic to come out of the mold, dip the bottom of the mold into hot water for a couple seconds.
• Serve with home made mayonnaise on the side.