Quick Tomato Aspic Salad Recipes

QUICK TOMATO ASPIC SALAD

Steps:

• Heat 1 cup tomato juice to boiling. Add to gelatin and dissolve. Add remaining tomato juice. Chill until mixture starts to congeal. Add remaining ingredients. Chill overnight.

TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Fully dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a mixing bowl.
• Combine vegetable juice, worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and cloves in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf and cloves.
• Stir onion and celery into vegetable juice.
• Pour vegetable juice mixture over dissolved gelatin; stir gently to blend.
• Refrigerate until set completely, about 1 hour.

TOMATO-SHRIMP ASPIC SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add tomato sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper and mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until partially set partially set.
• When partially set, fold in celery, green onions and shrimp.
• Spray a decorative bowl lightly with nonstick spray. Fill with gelatin mixture, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set.
• To serve, unmold on bed of lettuce and garnish with mayonnaise.
• Instead of using a mold, pour into lightly sprayed 8-inch square pan, cover and refrigerate until set, and cut into squares to serve.

TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• In large bowl, sprinkle unflavored gelatin over 1 cup cold juice; let stand 1 minute.
• Add hot juice and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in remaining 2 cups cold juice, lemon juice, sugar, worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce.
• Pour into 5 1/2cup ring mold or bowl; chill until firm, about 4 hours.
• To serve, unmold and if desired, fill with your favorite salad greens, or cut-up fresh vegetables.
• **Applya thin layer of oil, or cooking spray to your mold or bowl to prevent aspic from sticking.

TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• Core tomatoes; coarsely chop.Working in batches, transfer to a food processor or food mill. Process to a rough puree.
• Rinse two 24-inch square pieces of cheesecloth.Wring out cheesecloth; layer pieces in a large glass bowl. Pour puree into cheesecloth; gather up ends, and cinch with kitchen twine. Tie ends of cloth together to make a loop. Hang sack from a cupboard door, placing bowl directly underneath to collect juices.
• Let drain at least 1 hour; liquid will be pale. Transfer it to a large glass measuring cup, and set aside.
• Squeeze bundle over emptied bowl to extract remaining liquid; pour into another measuring cup. You should have about 4 cups dark-red tomato juice; if needed, add enough reserved pale liquid to make 4 cups. Pass juice through a fine sieve into a bowl. Discard pale liquid.
• Place 1 cup tomato juice in a small bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over liquid; let soften, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a medium saucepan; stir over very low heat until gelatin dissolves. Stir in some of the juice to lower the temperature of the gelatin mixture, then add remaining juice and salt.
• Pour mixture into a 9-by-4 3/4-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until jelled, at least 1 hour. To unmold: Slide a knife around inside edge of pan.Wrap loaf pan in a hot towel, and invert onto a serving platter. Garnish with basil sprigs.

QUICK TOMATO ASPIC-WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• 1. I made this with whole cooked shrimp, but next time I will cut each into about three pieces. I only used celery and green olives; and no basil.
• 2. Since I wanted it to be my lunch, I used three cereal bowls for molding, and there was about a cup left over in another container. So it makes plenty!
• 3. The cold shrimp helped it set up fast. I actually left it overnight in the refrigerator. Unmold on crisp lettuce and serve with mayo and whipped cream.

TOMATO ASPIC WITH SHRIMP SALAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over water in a saucer.
• Meanwhile, heat tomatoes, onion, green pepper, hot sauce, Worcestershire, and garlic powder.
• Add gelatin and stir.
• Remove from heat.
• Add Lemon juice and vinegar, salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix thoroughly and pour into a 6 cup ring mold.
• Refrigerate for several hours until thoroughly set, or put in freezer to speed up process.
• To serve, put bottom of pan in hot water, and run a knife along the ring to loosen.
• Combine may & lemon juice, combine with shrimp. Spoon salad in the center of the ring.
• Serve on a decorative plate with lettuce leaves.
• Enjoy!

GRANDMA'S TOMATO ASPIC

Steps:

• In a bowl, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let soak for 3 minutes to soften gelatin.
• In a saucepan, mix together tomato juice, gelatin, onion juice, lemon juice, sugar, and Worcestershire sauce; bring to a boil, and stir until gelatin dissolves.
• Let simmer 15 minutes.
• Add olives, celery, and pecans, and allow to cool.
• Pour into individual molds.
• Refrigerate until firm (about 5 hours) before serving.
• Serve on a bed of lettuce.