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SALMON MOUSSE TARTLETS

Steps:

• In your food processor add the Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Salmon (no skin), Mayonnaise, Lemon Juice, Garlic Powder, Paprika, Horseradish, and Black Pepper. Run for a few minutes, until everything is emulsified.
• Place mixture into a bowl and whip for a few more minutes, trying to incorporate air and doubling the volume.
• Spoon mixture into a pastry piping bag and pipe into the shells. Drop on a few Salmon Caviar eggs and a micro sprig of dill to garnish.

SALMON MOUSSE TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425ºF.
• Lightly flour a working space and place the puff pastry sheet on it.
• Using the cookie cutter, cut the pastry into rounds and place into the holes of the mini muffin tin.
• Place in freezer while preparing the mousse.
• Place the salmon, shallot and celery in a food processor; process until smooth.
• Add the lime juice, horseradish, cream, salt and cayenne pepper; process just until smooth. Taste for seasoning.
• Transfer to a small bowl and refrigerate to firm up as well as develop the flavors, about 30 minute.
• Fill rounds in muffin tin about 2/3 full.
• Bake for about 11-15 min or until tarts are puffed up and golden brown.
• Allow them to cool just a little in the tin, they will deflate just a bit.
• Top with the creme fraiche and serve immediately.

SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• For the salmon:
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Season salmon fillet with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and bake until cooked through, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely, the chill for at least 30 minutes.
• For the mousse: Put the chilled salmon fillet in a food processor. Add all other ingredients and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Place fish in bowl of a food processor or blender. Add nutmeg, cayenne, salt and pepper. Using chopping blade, blend for about 15 seconds. As blade turns, add egg, then the cream. Blend a few seconds more until smooth.
• With pastry brush, butter a two- quart steam pot and press the mixture evenly into it. Smooth top with a rubber spatula. Cover, place steam pot over boiling water and steam over high heat for about 20 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees.
• Remove and invert mousse onto serving dish and serve with a sauce. (A beurre blanc, mushrooom sauce with sherry or a tarragon-cream sauce is appropriate).

SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Place 3 tablespoons cold water in a small saucepan, and sprinkle with gelatin; let soften, 5 minutes. Gently heat over low, stirring, just until gelatin dissolves; set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine salmon, sour cream, and lemon juice. Puree until smooth; season with salt. With motor running, add slightly cooled gelatin mixture, and blend until combined.
• Pour into two 8-ounce ramekins or bowls. Without touching surface, cover container with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm but spreadable, about 2 hours or up to overnight. Garnish mousse with dill, if desired, and serve with crackers or baguette slices.

SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Scald milk and set aside. In a saucepan over low heat, melt 3 tablespoons butter. Add flour to melted butter and cook, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon, 2 to 3 minutes, until the mixture is very thick. Add the scalded milk, all at once, and beat with a wire whisk over low heat for 5 minutes more, until the bechamel is thick and smooth. Add salt, pepper and cayenne, remove from heat and set aside to cool until lukewarm.
• Skin and bone salmon meat and flake with a fork. Cut remaining butter into chunks. Add salmon and butter to bechamel and mix well, using an electric beater rather than a blender or processor.
• Add cream and Cognac to salmon mixture and blend thoroughly. Taste for seasoning, adding more salt, pepper or cayenne if necessary.
• Refrigerate, covered, until the mixture has thickened sufficiently to allow piping through a pastry bag and tube - 2 to 3 hours, or overnight.
• While the mixture is cooling, remove tops from tomatoes and scoop out flesh. Stand tomatoes upside down on a rack to drain. When the salmon mixture is ready, pipe it into the hollowed-out tomatoes and top with a few grains of red salmon roe. Extra mousse can be served in a bowl topped with more roe.

SALMON MOUSSE CANAPES

Steps:

• Peel strips from cucumbers to create a decorative edge; cut cucumbers into 1/2-in. slices. Using a melon baller, remove a small amount of cucumber from the center, leaving the bottom intact., Place the cream cheese, salmon, milk, lemon pepper and dill in a food processor; cover and process until blended. Transfer to a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. In another bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Fold into salmon mixture., Pipe or dollop mousse onto cucumber slices; garnish with dill. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

SALMON MOUSSE WITH LEEKS

Steps:

• Cut the salmon into cubes. Set aside.
• Cut the leek crosswise into one- and-one-half-inch pieces. Cut the pieces into thin slices, lengthwise. Cut the slices into very thin strips (julienne). There should be one cup. Increase or decrease the strips to make one cup.
• Put the leeks in a small saucepan and add the wine. Bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, put the salmon into the container of a food processor or electric blender. Add the egg, salt, pepper, cayenne and nutmeg. Start processing while adding the cream. Spoon and scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the leek strips and fold them in.
• Bring water to the boil in the bottom of a steamer.
• Lay out on a flat surface eight rectangles of plastic wrap or aluminum foil, each about 6 by 12 inches. Butter each rectangle on the exposed side. Spoon one-half cup of mousse mixture into the center of each. Roll the plastic wrap or foil to neatly and tightly enclose the mousse.
• Arrange the rolls in a steamer rack and place the rack over the boiling water. Cover closely and let steam seven minutes (the internal temperature should be about 150 degrees). Remove the plastic wrap or foil and serve with white butter sauce spooned over each serving.