Dawns Salmon Mousse Food

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:

• Sprinkle gelatine over water in a small saucepan.
• Soak 2 minutes.
• Add salt, sugar, mustard and vinegar.
• Stir constanly over low heat until gelatine in dissolved.
• Remove from heat and chill till the consistency of egg white, don't over chill!
• Add to salmon, capers and celery, mix well.
• Fold in the whipped cream.
• Turn into wetted mould, or individual moulds, and chill till set.
• Unmould and serve with salad greens and sour cream dressing.
• Mix all dressing ingredients together and chill.

SMOKED SALMON SPREAD

Steps:

• Cream the cheese in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until just smooth. Add the sour cream, lemon juice, dill, horseradish, salt, and pepper, and mix. Add the smoked salmon and mix well. Chill and serve with crudites or crackers.
• If you can find it, I prefer Norwegian salmon; it's drier and less salty than other smoked salmon.

DAWN'S SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Mix gelatin, onion, lemon juice, and boiling water in a blender, on high speed, for 30 secs.
• Turn off, then add mayonnaise, dill, salt, pepper and salmon. Mix again on high speed.
• Remove cover, and slowly add cream. Mix again.
• Oil a mold. Pour mixture into mold, and chill for at least 2 hours.
• Serve with crackers.

SMOKED SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Cut the butter into cubes and melt it in a saucepan over low heat. Remove from the heat and set aside for a few minutes to cool and to allow the milky solids to sink to the bottom. Carefully pour off the oily part, or clarified butter, leaving the milky solids behind. Let the clarified butter cool to room temperature.
• In 2 or three batches, put the salmon cubes, clarified butter, and cream in the bowl of a food processor, and puree until fluffy and completely smooth. Transfer the salmon puree to a large bowl and stir in the herbs and lemon juice to taste. Chill before serving.

SMOKED SALMON, DILL & LEMON PATé

Steps:

• If you aren't using smoked salmon trimmings then chop the salmon into small pieces. Tip the soft cheese, crème fraîche (if using) and lemon juice into a food processor, season generously with black pepper and blitz to your liking. Add the smoked salmon and pulse a few times if you want the paté chunky or blitz some more if you want the paté smooth and pink.
• Stir the herbs into the paté and spoon into a large or four smaller bowls and serve with warm toast as a starter or with breadsticks as a dip.

SALMON MOUSSE WITH CAPERS

Steps:

• Cook the potato in salted water; gently fry the salmon fillets in a pan.
• Take skin and bones off the salmon fillets; crumble them roughly.
• Peel the potato, crumble it roughly.
• In an processor, put the salmon, potato, cream, lemon juice, mustard, the 3 teaspoons of capers, salt and pepper.
• Mix the whole for at least 2 minutes. Taste the mixture and adjust seasoning.
• Pour in a mould and leave in the fridge for at least 3 hours. Ideally make it half a day before serving.
• Serve on a bed of lettuce, making "balls" of mousse with a spoon. Sprinkle a few capers on it (left spoonful).
• TRICK : you can replace salmon fillets by canned salmon which still will give you a very good entrée with the most simple recipe (just mix everything) -- .

SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over 2 tablespoons cold water in a small bowl. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Add 1/4 cup boiling water, stirring with a whisk until gelatin dissolves. Cool 15 minutes.
• Stir in onion and next 5 ingredients (through black pepper), stirring with a whisk.
• Chill 20 minutes, or until mixture thickens.
• Place cottage cheese in a blender; process until smooth.
• Add gelatin mixture and mayonnaise; process until well combined.
• Spoon cheese mixture into a large bowl.
• Fold in salmon and chopped dill.
• Coat a 4-cup load pan or metal mold with cooking spray; line with plastic wrap.
• Spoon salmon mixture into prepared pan.
• Cover with plastic wrap.
• Chill overnight or until set.
• Invert pan onto a platter; remove plastic wrap.

SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Mix salmon, eggs, olives, celery, onion, dill, salt and pepper in bowl.
• Soften gelatin in cold water--SET OVER HOT WATER to completely dissolve.
• Stir gelatin, mayo and lemon juice.
• Combine with salmon mixture.
• Spoon into a 3-cup mold.
• Refrigerate until firm, approximately 2 hours.
• To unmold, set in warm water and turn upside-down onto plate.
• Serve with crackers.

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.

MOM'S SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the salmon, bread crumbs, carrots, mustard, eggs, milk, butter, lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper using your hands until evenly blended. Press into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

SMOKED SALMON MOUSSE

Steps:

• Place smoked salmon in a blender or food processor, and blend until smooth. Mix in heavy cream, cream cheese, juice of half of a lemon, dried dill weed, salt and pepper. Blend to desired consistency. Transfer to a medium serving dish, and garnish with salmon roe.