Salmon Mousse & Sour Cream Dill Sauce

Salmon Mousse & Sour Cream Dill Sauce
Categories: Seafood, Appetizer, Dairy
Yield: 8 servings

1 ea Envelope unflavored gelatin
1/4 c Cold water
1/2 c Boiling water
1/2 c Mayonnaise
1 tb Lemon juice
1 tb Onion grated
1/2 ts Tabasco sauce
1/4 ts Sweet Hungarian paprika
1 ts Salt
2 c Canned salmon drained & chopped
1 tb Capers chopped
3 c Cottage cheese

Sour Cream Dill Sauce:
1/2 c Heavy cream
1 c Sour cream
6 tb Fresh dill chopped
1 ts Black pepper ground

Soften gelatin in cold water then add boiling water.
Stir until gelatin has dissolved.
Cool then add mayonnaise, lemon juice, onion, Tabasco, paprika & salt then mix well.
Chill to consistency of unbeaten egg white.
Add salmon & capers then beat well.
Whip cream, fold into salmon mixture.
Alolow to sit for 5 mins. then turn into a2 qt oiled fish mold.
Add cheese to fill mold.
Chill for 2-4 hrs. until set.
Unmold on a serving platter yhrn garnish with watercress, lemon slices & salmon roe.
Serve with sour cream dill sauce.

Sour Cream Dill Sauce:
Mix sour cream with cream then stir in dill & pepper.

ORIGIN: Ilianna Demerest, NYC-NY, circa 1997

Comments: 3

Leah Christensen Aug 11, 2012, 9:20am UTC

This sounds so good!!! Walker found it on another board of yours, and started drooling. :)

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Jan S. Aug 11, 2012, 4:52pm UTC

Anything with sour cream and dill gets my vote! Sounds yummy. Thanks for posting to Cook it up Big!

Leah Christensen Aug 11, 2012, 7:55pm UTC

Yesterday morning we had some really good rye bread, but nothing to put on it (ran out of cheese the day before!). Walker put some sour cream on it, and then sprinkled some dill on top. IT WAS SO GOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!! You're right about sour cream and dill. YUM! A winning combination.

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