Individual Tomato Aspics

Individual Tomato Aspics
Individual Tomato Aspics is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It works well as a side dish. If you have vegetable cocktail juice, bay leaf, lemon juice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

1
Combine tomatoes, celery stalks, onion, lemon juice, bay leaf, salt, and paprika in a large, heavy saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat 15 minutes. Strain mixture, reserving tomato juice and discarding vegetables and bay leaf. Return tomato juice to saucepan.
Ingredients you will need
Celery RibCelery Rib
Tomato JuiceTomato Juice
Lemon JuiceLemon Juice
VegetableVegetable
Bay LeavesBay Leaves
TomatoTomato
PaprikaPaprika
OnionOnion
SaltSalt
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2
Dissolve gelatin in 1/2 cup vegetable cocktail juice, stirring well.
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VegetableVegetable
CocktailCocktail
GelatinGelatin
JuiceJuice
3
Add gelatin mixture to tomato juice in saucepan.
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Tomato JuiceTomato Juice
GelatinGelatin
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4
Add additional vegetable cocktail juice to yield 4 cups. Chill until mixture reaches the consistency of unbeaten egg whites.
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Egg WhitesEgg Whites
VegetableVegetable
CocktailCocktail
JuiceJuice
5
Fold in artichoke hearts, water chestnuts, egg, celery, green pepper, and olives.
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Artichoke HeartsArtichoke Hearts
Water ChestnutsWater Chestnuts
Green PepperGreen Pepper
CeleryCelery
OlivesOlives
EggEgg
6
Pour mixture evenly into 8 lightly oiled 1/2-cup heart-shaped molds. Refrigerate until firm.
7
Unmold aspics onto individual lettuce-lined salad plates; garnish each with a dollop of mayonnaise.
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MayonnaiseMayonnaise
LettuceLettuce

Equipment

DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings8
Health Score7
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