Pressed Smoked Salmon Mousse Appetizer Food

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.

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 MOUSSE

Steps:

• Soften the gelatin in cold water in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the boiling water and whisk the mixture slowly until gelatin dissolves. Cool to room temperature.
• Whisk in the mayo, lemon juice, grated onion, Tabasco, paprika, salt and dill.
• Stir to blend completely and refrigerate for about 20 minutes, or until the mixture begins to thicken slightly.
• Remove the skin and cartilage from the salmon and flake.
• Fold in the finely flaked salmon.
• In a separate bowl, whip the cream until it is thickened to peaks and fluffy.
• Fold gently into the salmon mixture.Transfer the mixture to a 6- to 8- cup bowl or decorative mold.
• Cover and chill for at least 4 hours.
• Serve with cracked pepper water crackers, or plain water crackers.

CLASSIC SMOKED SALMON APPETIZER

Steps:

• Beat together until smooth cream cheese, milk, lemon juice, dill weed, and bottled hot pepper sauce.
• Arranged smoked salmon, small bowl of herbed cream cheese and bread on medium-sized serving platter.
• Garnish with red onion, capers, lemon slices and dill.

SMOKED SALMON, CUCUMBER, AND DILL MOUSSE

Steps:

• Lightly oil an 8-by-2 inch round cake pan and line with plastic wrap.
• Spread 1 1/4 cups salmon evenly in cake pan. In a bowl stir together remaining salmon, cucumber, dill, onion, sour cream, lemon juice, and zest until combined well.
• Put cold water in a small heatproof cup and sprinkle gelatin over it. Set cup in a saucepan and add enough water to pan to reach halfway up side of cup. Heat gelatin mixture over low heat until gelatin is dissolved and stir into salmon mixture. Season mixture with salt and pepper and spoon over salmon in cake pan. Chill mousse, covered with plastic wrap, at least 6 hours and up to 3 days.
• To unmold mousse, invert mousse onto plate. Loft off cake pan and peel off plastic wrap.
• Garnish mousse with cucumber ribbons and serve with toasts.