Tuna And Salmon Patchwork With A Gazpacho Mousse Recipes

TUNA MOUSSE: SPUMA DI TONNO

Steps:

• Put the tuna in a food processor and pulse to break up the fish. With the machine running, add the butter, cream, balsamic vinegar, and soy sauce and blend until smooth. Then stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the processor bowl. Add the lemon juice and pulse again. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and blend again. Check the seasoning.
• Serve at room temperature, or cover and refrigerate for up to 4 days. If refrigerated, return the spuma to room temperature before serving.

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.

TUNA MOUSSE WITH CRACKERS

Steps:

• Combine gelatine and 100 ml water in a bowl placed over a container of boiling water and mix until dissolved.
• In a separate pan bring the soup to a boil and stir until thickened.
• Add gelatine to soup and allow to cool.
• Add all other ingredients and pour into an oiled (preferably fish-shaped) mould.
• Allow to set completely in the fridge.
• Turn out on a platter and garnish with prawns and lemon slices.
• Serve with crusty bread or melba toast.

TUNA MOUSSE

Steps:

• Flake tuna well and add mayo, tomato paste, and salt and pepper.
• Best if you mix in the food processor.
• Mix gelatin and boiling water.
• Add to tuna mixture, mixing well.
• Place in pretty bowl or fits perfectly in Tupperware mini jello mold.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Turn out of mold onto bed of lettuce.
• Goes great with crackers or bread.

SALMON TUNA PATTIES

Steps:

• Mix salmon, tuna, crushed saltines, and egg together with your hands in a large bowl; shape into 6 patties. Dust the patties with flour.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Gently lie patties into the hot oil, cover the skillet, and fry until crispy, 10 to 15 minutes per side.

SEA AND MOUNTAIN (MAR Y MONTANA)

Steps:

• Bake the tomatoes according to instructions. Or you may use one and three-quarter cups of drained, chopped canned tomatoes.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle the chicken pieces with salt and pepper, and set aside.
• Split each lobster in half crosswise at the point where the tail and body meet. Cut the tail piece crosswise into three or four pieces. Crack the claws. Cut the body pieces in half lengthwise. Arrange the tail pieces, cracked claws and the body halves in a dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil in a large heavy casserole and add the lobster pieces. Cook, stirring, over high heat about two or three minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the lobster pieces to a dish. Let the oil remain in the casserole.
• To the oil in the casserole add the chicken pieces skin side down. Cook until golden brown on one side, about five minutes. Turn and cook on the second side about five minutes. Remove the pieces and add them to the lobster, leaving the oil in the casserole.
• Add the finely chopped onion and minced garlic to the oil and cook, stirring often, until the onion is golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Add the parsley. Peel the baked tomatoes and chop them. There should be about one and three-quarter cups. Add this to the onion mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, about five minutes. Add the wine and cook about five minutes.
• Return the lobster and chicken to the casserole. Cook five minutes and add the picada. Cover and cook five minutes longer. If desired, remove the claws and break them open. Remove the meat and return it to the casserole. Discard the claw shells.

SPICED SEARED TUNA GAZPACHO RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• For the tuna: 1. Toast seeds and peppercorns in a dry skillet and blend in spice grinder. 2. Sprinkle salt and ground spices on tuna. Drizzle with oil and grill tuna on all sides to your liking. Set aside and let cool. For the gazpacho: 1. Mix ingredients together in a bowl and keep refrigerated. To assemble: Slice tuna and place in the bowl. Pour gazpacho in the bowl. Enjoy!

GAZPACHO MOUSSE

Steps:

• Put the bread crumbs, garlic and oil into the container of a food processor or electric blender. Blend thoroughly.
• Add one-half cup of diced tomatoes, one-half cup diced cucumber, the vinegar, chopped scallion, diced red pepper, the tomato juice, sugar and half the basil and blend as smoothly as possible. Scrape the liquid into a mixing bowl and add the remaining tomatoes, cucumber, onion, red pepper and basil. Blend well.
• Pour about one-fourth cup of the sauce into a saucepan and add the gelatin. Cook, stirring, over very low heat until the gelatin dissolves. Combine the gazpacho with the gelatin mixture and blend well.
• Let cool but do not allow the mixture to set.
• Beat the egg whites until they stand in soft peaks. Scrape them into the gazpacho mixture and blend well with a whisk.
• Lightly oil the inside of four individual half-cup souffle dishes, ramekins or other molds. Spoon or ladle equal portions of the gazpacho mixture into each mold. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. To serve, run a knife around the inside of each mold. Sit the molds briefly in a basin of warm water. Wipe off the bottom of the molds, and invert each on a plate.

BEGGAR'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rub the chicken inside and out with salt, half of the soy sauce and half of the wine. Set aside for at least one hour.
• Meanwhile, put the mushrooms in a small mixing bowl and add warm water to cover. Let stand half an hour or until the caps are softened. Drain and squeeze to extract and discard excess moisture. Cut off and discard the tough stems. Cut the caps into thin slivers and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut the preserved vegetable into thin slivers. If it has been packed in a shredded state, shred it further. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a wok or skillet and add the pork. Cook, stirring rapidly, until it loses its raw look. Add the mushrooms, preserved vegetable and bamboo shoots. Add the remaining soy sauce, remaining wine, salt and sugar. Cook, stirring, one minute. Set aside to cool.
• Stuff the mixture inside the chicken.
• Fold the wing tips under the chicken. Truss the chicken as neatly as possible with string.
• Lay out a large rectangle of aluminum foil on a flat surface. Place the chicken in the center. Wrap the chicken as compactly as possible inside the foil.
• Gather together a large handful of the clay. Flatten this handful to a thickness of about one inch and apply it to one outside section of the foil-wrapped chicken. Place another flattened handful of clay slightly overlapping and press to seal the two pieces together. Continue applying handfuls of clay, pressing as you work, until the chicken is completely and compactly covered with clay. Smooth the clay over as you work. You may bake the chicken at this point or you may ''sculpt'' the product with additional pieces of clay, shaping it to resemble a whole bird with beak, feet, eyes, tail feathers and so on.
• Place in the oven and bake 45 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees. As the clay bakes, it may develop cracks. As these are noticed, seal the cracks by smearing on a little more clay.
• Continue baking the chicken for 30 minutes. If desired, you may then paint the clay with poster paint or watercolors.
• To serve, crack the clay, remove the chicken and peel away and discard the foil. Carve the chicken and serve with the preserved-vegetable stuffing.