Tomato Aspic

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 4 cups tomato juice
• 4 slices onions
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 peppercorns
• 2 -3 cardamom seeds
• 1 1/2 tablespoons plain gelatin
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• salt, to taste
• 1 cup heavy cream, stiffly beaten
• salad greens

Recipe

• 1 simmer half of the tomato juice with onion, bay leaves, peppercorns and cardamom seeds for ten minutes.
• 2 soften gelatin in 1/2 cup cold tomato juice and mix remaining tomato juice with cream cheese.
• 3 strain hot tomato juice, add salt to taste and softened gelatin and stir until dissolved; cool.
• 4 add cream cheese mixture and place in refrigerator.
• 5 just when it starts to congeal, fold in the whipped cream.
• 6 spray your mold (individual ring molds are beautiful, too) lightly with cooking spray (or lightly oil).
• 7 fill mold (or individual molds) with mixture and chill until firm.
• 8 unmold onto salad greens and fill with chicken or seafood salad.