Tomato Mousse Recipes

EASY TOMATO SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch cake pan and set aside.
• Whisk cake mix, tomato soup, milk, eggs. and cinnamon together in a bowl until well combined. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 28 to 33 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

TOMATO MOUSSE

Steps:

• In a measuring cup, pour 100 ml milk or milk alternative and heavy cream or heavy cream alternative. Set it on the kitchen counter to bring it to room temperature. You can also use 150 ml milk or milk alternative.
• Peel the tomatoes (See the above note) and cut them into large chunks.
• Place tomato chunks and strawberries in a blender and blend until it become a smooth liquid.
• In a sauce pan, place 100 ml water and agar-agar powder and bring to a boil while whisking.
• Add about 1 cup of the tomato mixture and keep whisking for a couple of minutes. If you use agar-agar flakes instead of a powder form, you might have to whisk longer (5 - 10 minutes) to let it dissolve. Turn off the heat.
• Add the remaining tomato mixture, milk mixture, lemon juice, salt and honey. Mix well.
• Pour into a container (about 8 x 8 inches).
• When the mixture is cool enough, cover and place the container in the refrigerator to let it set for about 2 hours or overnight.
• When ready to eat, scoop into a dish, decorate as you like, infuse love and serve!

TOMATO SANDWICHES WITH BLUE CHEESE MOUSSE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Drizzle the cut-side of the bread with olive oil, then put on a sheet tray and place in the oven to toast, 3 to 5 minutes. Evenly spread the butter between the 2 pieces.
• In a non-reactive bowl, combine the blue cheese, cream cheese, Worcestershire and vinegar until well mixed. Add the heavy cream slowly and whip with a rubber spatula or whisk until smooth and mousselike. Reserve until ready to use.
• Slice each tomato into four thick slices, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Spread a thick layer of the blue cheese mousse on the bottom half of the prepared loaf. Add the sliced tomatoes and liberally spread the shaved onion. Top with the top piece of bread and slice into servings.
• Serve with plenty of napkins.

AVOCADO MOUSSE WITH PAPAYA TOMATO RELISH

Steps:

• Make mousse:
• Lightly oil ramekins and line bottoms with wax paper or parchment, then oil paper.
• Quarter, pit, and peel 2 avocados. Purée avocado quarters with 1 tablespoon lemon juice, vitamin C, and salt in a food processor until smooth.
• Sprinkle gelatin over milk in a small heavy saucepan and let soften 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring, until gelatin is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes, then remove from heat. Add to avocado purée and blend until smooth.
• Halve, pit, and peel remaining avocado. Cut into 1/4-inch dice and toss with remaining teaspoon lemon juice in a small bowl. Beat cream in a bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until it just holds soft peaks. Fold in avocado purée gently but thoroughly, then fold in diced avocado. Spoon mousse into ramekins, smoothing tops. Cover surface of each mousse with a piece of plastic wrap, then cover ramekins with plastic wrap. Chill mousse until set, at least 2 hours.
• Make relish:
• Whisk together vinegar, sugar (to taste), salt, and pepper in a bowl until sugar is dissolved, then stir in tomatoes, papaya, onion, and tarragon. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour (for flavors to develop).
• Unmold mousse by running a knife around edge of each ramekin, then invert each onto a plate, discarding paper. Serve with relish.

GAZPACHO MOUSSE

Steps:

• Put the bread crumbs, garlic and oil into the container of a food processor or electric blender. Blend thoroughly.
• Add one-half cup of diced tomatoes, one-half cup diced cucumber, the vinegar, chopped scallion, diced red pepper, the tomato juice, sugar and half the basil and blend as smoothly as possible. Scrape the liquid into a mixing bowl and add the remaining tomatoes, cucumber, onion, red pepper and basil. Blend well.
• Pour about one-fourth cup of the sauce into a saucepan and add the gelatin. Cook, stirring, over very low heat until the gelatin dissolves. Combine the gazpacho with the gelatin mixture and blend well.
• Let cool but do not allow the mixture to set.
• Beat the egg whites until they stand in soft peaks. Scrape them into the gazpacho mixture and blend well with a whisk.
• Lightly oil the inside of four individual half-cup souffle dishes, ramekins or other molds. Spoon or ladle equal portions of the gazpacho mixture into each mold. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. To serve, run a knife around the inside of each mold. Sit the molds briefly in a basin of warm water. Wipe off the bottom of the molds, and invert each on a plate.