Cook the Book: Red Pepper Mousse with Garlic Toasts

Name: Cook the Book: Red Pepper Mousse with Garlic Toasts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp agar flakes; 2 Allow long slices of rustic baguette (cut on the diagonal), per person; 1 pinch Pinch of cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoons celery salt; 1 garlic clove, peeled and halved; 4 servings Olive oil for brushing; 237 milliliters (rounded) drained bottled Spanish piquillo peppers; 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar; 4 servings Maldon sea salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 teaspoons sugar; 142 grams ripe tomatoes, coarsely chopped; 118 milliliters whipping cream

Cook the Book: Red Pepper Mousse with Garlic Toasts is a vegetarian recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 616 calories, 12g of protein, and 29g of fat. Head to the store and pick up wine vinegar, maldon sea salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place the tomatoes in a small pan and sprinkle the agar flakes over. Warm through over low heat, swirling the tomatoes around until they begin to wilt and release some of their juices, then stir in the slowly melting agar flakes. Allow to

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Tomato

Agar

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stew gently for a further 3 to 4 minutes.

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Stew

Purée the piquillo peppers, cayenne, celery salt, sugar, and vinegar in a blender until very smooth.

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Piquillo Pepper

Celery Salt

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Vinegar

Sugar

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Blender

Add the tomatoes to the blender now (scraping out every last vestige with a spatula) and blend briefly once more. now pass this mixture

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Tomato

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through a fine strainer into a bowl, pressing down on the solids with the back of a small ladle. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or until beginning to set.

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Bowl

Whip the cream in another bowl, only just until soft peaks form. Now transfer the whisk to the pepper mixture and give this a brief whisking to loosen it.

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Pepper

Cream

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Carefully fold the cream into the pepper purée until well combined and without any white streaks. Decant into ramekins, smooth over the surface, and stretch a piece of plastic wrap over the top of each one. place in the refrigerator to set, for at least 2 hours.

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Pepper

Cream

Wrap

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For the garlic toasts, toast the baguette slices until nicely burnished. Rub the cut garlic clove over each one, season lightly, and brush with olive oil.

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Garlic