Tuna And Salmon Patchwork With A Gazpacho Mousse Recipes

TUNA MOUSSE

Steps:

• Warm soup.
• Add softened gelatin.
• Let cool.
• Cream in cream cheese. Then add remaining ingredients.
• Pour into a greased 2-cup mold and chill for 6 hours or more.
• Unmold onto serving platter and serve with crackers and vegetable.

TUNA MOUSSE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan heat gelatin in water over low heat, stir until thickened.
• In a separate large saucepan heat tomato soup, undiluted, and cream cheese, stir constantly until cream cheese melts and mixture is blended.
• Add gelatin mixture, then set aside to cool.
• In a large bowl, flake tuna.
• Fold in mayonnaise, horseradish, celery, onion, gelatin mixture and seasonings.
• Mix well until smooth.
• Pour into a fish mold that has been well sprayed with cooking spray.
• Refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours.
• Unmold onto serving platter.
• Serve with crackers.

CHOU VERT FARCI (STUFFED CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Using a sharp knife, cut off the stem end of the cabbage. Cut out the core of the cabbage.
• Bring a large quantity of water to the boil in a kettle. Add the cabbage and cover. Let it boil, turning the cabbage so that it cooks evenly all over. As the cabbage cooks, separate the leaves at intervals and cook from 10 to 15 minutes. Drain thoroughly.
• Heat the butter in a skillet and add the mushrooms and finely chopped onion. Cook, stirring, until onion is wilted and mushrooms have given up their liquid. Continue cooking until liquid evaporates. Add the finely minced garlic, half a bay leaf and half of the thyme and stir.
• Finely chop the livers or puree them in an electric blender or food processor. Add the livers and pork to the mushroom-and-onion mixture. Cook, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon and scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl. Let cool briefly. Add the eggs, parsley, bread crumbs, nutmeg and allspice. Add salt and pepper to taste and blend well.
• Lay out a large square of cheesecloth on a flat surface. Arrange six or seven of the large cabbage leaves in the center of the cheesecloth, the edges of the leaves slightly overlapping in a circular fan shape. The stem ends of the leaves should point outward and not to the center. Cover the middle of the circle of leaves with another large leaf.
• Spoon about one-third of the pork mixture into the center of the round layer of cabbage leaves. Spoon it almost but not quite to the outer edges of the leaves.
• Add another layer of slightly smaller leaves. Spread this with another third of the filling. Add another layer of leaves and a final third of the filling. Put the smallest leaves in the center of the final layer of filling.
• Bring up the edges of the cheesecloth so that the leaves and filling are returned to a whole cabbage shape. Press the large cabbage together compactly and tighten the cheesecloth all around. Tie the cheesecloth into a tight bag and cut off the excess cheesecloth at the ends.
• Select a heavy casserole large enough to hold the stuffed cabbage. Add the chicken wings and pork bones and cook, stirring, until nicely browned. Add the coarsely chopped onion, carrots, celery, whole clove of garlic, peppercorns and the remaining bay leaf and thyme. Cook, stirring, about one minute. Pour off most of the fat.
• Add the wine, chicken broth, salt and pepper to taste. Add the tomato paste and stir. Add the tomatoes.
• Arrange the cabbage tied side down and cover closely. Place in the oven and bake two hours.
• Remove the cabbage from the sauce. Untie and discard the cheesecloth. Arrange the cabbage on a baking dish. Return it to the oven and bake 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook down the sauce remaining in the casserole over moderately high heat five minutes. Strain the sauce, pressing the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Put the sauce in a saucepan. Blend the arrowroot or cornstarch and wine and add it to the sauce, stirring.
• As the cabbage bakes for 10 minutes, baste it occasionally with the sauce. Serve with parsleyed potatoes.

PITA BREAD SANDWICHES WITH TUNA AND VEGETABLE SALAD

Steps:

• Drain the tuna and cut it into bite-size flakes.
• Chop the celery coarsely. There should be about two cups.
• Cut the onion into quarters. Cut each quarter crosswise into thin slices. There should be about two cups.
• Cut each pepper lengthwise into quarters. Cut each quarter crosswise into thin strips. There should be about three cups.
• If desired, peel the cucumber. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise. Cut each half crosswise into thin slices. There should be about two cups.
• Cut each tomato crosswise in half. Squeeze gently to loosen the seeds; discard them. Cut the tomatoes into cubes. There should be about two cups.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the tuna, celery, onions, green peppers, cucumber, tomatoes and parsley.
• In a separate bowl, combine the anchovy fillets, garlic, vinegar, egg yolk and pepper. Start beating with a wire whisk and gradually add the oil. Beat until thickened.
• Pour the sauce over the tuna mixture and toss to blend. Serve inside rounds of pita bread, each cut in half crosswise.

TUNA AND SALMON PATCHWORK WITH A GAZPACHO MOUSSE

Steps:

• Combine the oil and chilies and let stand at least 24 hours.
• When ready to prepare this dish, place four round cookie-cutter molds, each about one-and-one-half inches in diameter and one-and-one-half inches in height, on a flat surface with the sharp edges up.
• Cut enough of the salmon into small cubes to make four tablespoons. Cut enough of the tuna into small cubes to make four tablespoons. Place the cubes in a small bowl and add the lime juice, sour cream and salt and pepper to taste. Blend well and set aside.
• Cut the remaining salmon on the bias into very thin slices. Arrange one slice at a time over the upper edges of one mold covering the inside bottom of the mold and slightly overlapping at the top. Let the slices hang over the edges. Use only enough slices to line the mold. Line the other three.
• Spoon one-quarter teaspoon of the caviar inside each of the salmon-lined molds. Spoon equal portions of the cubed fish mixture on top of the caviar. Fold over the overhanging bits of the salmon slices to enclose the filling and cover the top of each mold neatly. Unmold each serving on large, white dinner plates.
• Cut the remaining salmon and tuna into very thin slices. Arrange equal portions of the tuna and salmon slices, edges slightly overlapping, in a neat pattern in the center of the plate.
• Unmold one portion of gazpacho mousse onto each plate, opposite the filled salmon molds.
• Put the mustard and vinegar in a small mixing bowl and start beating with a wire whisk. Remove the hot chilies from the oil and beat the oil into the sauce. Add salt, pepper, cucumber, sweet red pepper and scallion. Blend well. Spoon equal portions of the sauce over the salmon and tuna slices. Garnish each serving with salad leaves.