Double Smoked Salmon Mousse Recipes

Steps:

• Sprinkle the gelatin over the hot water and stir until the gelatin dissolves.
• Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice and tomato ketchup. The tomato ketchup is there to add a little flavour but mainly to add pink colour to the mousse. You don't want white mousse with bits of pink salmon in it.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, remembering that the salmon may be salty so don't add too much salt.
• Flake the hot smoked salmon.
• Cut the cold smoke salmon into 1cm squares.
• Fold both the salmons through the mousse. Try to not break the flaked salmon up so that there is still some texture in the mousse.
• Check the seasoning and adjust if needed.
• Fill a 2 cup jelly mould, or a fish mould if you have one, and refrigerate for 2 hours or until the gelatin sets.
• Make a bed of shredded lettuce on a large platter.
• Turn the mould out on to the lettuce. I had to line my mould with clingfilm because it rusted sightly, which makes it easier to remove from the mould but you lose some detail.You may need to briefly dunk the mould into hot water. Don't be tempted to leave it sitting in hot water. The gelatin will soften very quickly.
• Thinly slice a cucumber and use it to garnish around the base of the turned out mousse.
• Finely chop some dill and scatter over the top of the mousse.
• Cut the lemon into wedges and serve around the mousse.
• Serve with crusty bread as a light lunch or reduce the gelatin to 5g and serve with crackers as a dip. This is an excellent buffet table dish too.
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• To serve this as a starter, instead of filling a ring mould or other mould:.
• Line a 6-muffin muffin tray with circles of waxed paper.
• Put a slice of cold smoked salmon on top of each circle.
• Add 1/3 cup of mousse to each muffin cup.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Plate up individual servings of mousse by dressing the plate with lettuce, turning out a salmon mousse (and remove the wax paper), garnish with dill on top and cucumber and a lemon wedge on the side.
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• Cooking for a large crowd:.
• Scale up the recipe and pour into a large roasting tin and put in the fridge to set. Cut into squares with a knife dipped in hot water. Remove slices with a spatula or fish slice. Serve top side up with the same garnish as above.

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.

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.

Steps:

• Process the salmon and shallot in a food processor, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary, until the mixture is chipped fine, about 10 seconds.
• Add the cream cheese and lemon juice and process until the mixtures forms a ball, scraping down the sides as necessary.
• Add the sour cream and pulse just to incorporate, about 5 seconds.
• Transfer the mousse to a serving bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Flake the hot-smoked salmon into a bowl, discarding the skin. Add the horseradish, lemon juice, soft cheese, finely snipped chives and some seasoning and beat well until combined to a rough mousse texture.
• Lay 2 sheets of cling film overlapping on your work surface, then lay the sliced smoked salmon out to make a rectangle about 20 x 50cm. Dollop the hot-smoked salmon mix over and gently spread over evenly. Use the edge of the cling film to roll the long side of the rectangle into itself, then roll up like a Swiss roll. Wrap in the film, twisting the ends like a cracker to secure and hold the shape. Freeze for up to a month.
• Transfer the roll from the freezer to the fridge the day before you want to serve it. While still semi-frozen, cut into thick slices, lay on a tray, then leave to defrost completely in the fridge. Serve with leaves mixed with chives and a little dressing, and some melba toast.