Easy Tomato Aspic Recipes

Steps:

• Core tomatoes; coarsely chop.Working in batches, transfer to a food processor or food mill. Process to a rough puree.
• Rinse two 24-inch square pieces of cheesecloth.Wring out cheesecloth; layer pieces in a large glass bowl. Pour puree into cheesecloth; gather up ends, and cinch with kitchen twine. Tie ends of cloth together to make a loop. Hang sack from a cupboard door, placing bowl directly underneath to collect juices.
• Let drain at least 1 hour; liquid will be pale. Transfer it to a large glass measuring cup, and set aside.
• Squeeze bundle over emptied bowl to extract remaining liquid; pour into another measuring cup. You should have about 4 cups dark-red tomato juice; if needed, add enough reserved pale liquid to make 4 cups. Pass juice through a fine sieve into a bowl. Discard pale liquid.
• Place 1 cup tomato juice in a small bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over liquid; let soften, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a medium saucepan; stir over very low heat until gelatin dissolves. Stir in some of the juice to lower the temperature of the gelatin mixture, then add remaining juice and salt.
• Pour mixture into a 9-by-4 3/4-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until jelled, at least 1 hour. To unmold: Slide a knife around inside edge of pan.Wrap loaf pan in a hot towel, and invert onto a serving platter. Garnish with basil sprigs.

Steps:

• In a bowl, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let soak for 3 minutes to soften gelatin.
• In a saucepan, mix together tomato juice, gelatin, onion juice, lemon juice, sugar, and Worcestershire sauce; bring to a boil, and stir until gelatin dissolves.
• Let simmer 15 minutes.
• Add olives, celery, and pecans, and allow to cool.
• Pour into individual molds.
• Refrigerate until firm (about 5 hours) before serving.
• Serve on a bed of lettuce.

Steps:

• In large bowl, sprinkle unflavored gelatin over 1 cup cold juice; let stand 1 minute.
• Add hot juice and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in remaining 2 cups cold juice, lemon juice, sugar, worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce.
• Pour into 5 1/2cup ring mold or bowl; chill until firm, about 4 hours.
• To serve, unmold and if desired, fill with your favorite salad greens, or cut-up fresh vegetables.
• **Applya thin layer of oil, or cooking spray to your mold or bowl to prevent aspic from sticking.

Steps:

• Fully dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a mixing bowl.
• Combine vegetable juice, worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and cloves in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf and cloves.
• Stir onion and celery into vegetable juice.
• Pour vegetable juice mixture over dissolved gelatin; stir gently to blend.
• Refrigerate until set completely, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• Make Jell-O as directed, substituting tomato sauce for cold water.
• Pour into mold and refrigerate.

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatine over 1 cup of the cold juice in large bowl; let stand 1 min. to soften gelatine. Add hot juice; stir 5 min. or until gelatine is completely dissolved.
• Add remaining 2 cups cold juice, the lemon juice, sugar, Worcestershire sauce and pepper sauce; mix well. Pour into 5-1/2-cup ring mold or bowl.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Unmold onto serving plate to serve.

Steps:

• Pour the tomatoes with the juice from the can into a saucepan over medium heat and heat until warm, about 5 minutes.
• Dissolve the raspberry gelatin in the boiling water. Stir the unflavored gelatin into the cold water until dissolved. Add both mixtures to the warmed tomatoes and stir. Pour the tomato mixture into a gelatin mold and refrigerate until congealed, 3 to 4 hours.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring tomatoes, onion, celery, bay leaf and 1/2 cup of water to a boil uncovered. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, stir gelatin into remaining 1/2 cup of water to soften and set aside. Remove bay leaf and put tomato mixture through a food mill fitted with a fine disk, or through a strainer. Return puree to pot, add salt generously to taste and lemon juice, and sugar, if needed. Stir in Bloody Mary additions, if desired. Bring mixture back to a simmer, remove from heat and add softened gelatin, stirring until thoroughly dissolved. Rinse eight 1/2-cup molds with cold water and pour aspic into them, filling almost to top. Or pour mixture into rinsed 1-quart ring mold. Chill until firm, 3 to 4 hours or overnight. To unmold, run a sharp knife around edge of each mold, dip bottoms of molds briefly in hot water and invert onto salad plates. Garnish each aspic with lettuce leaves and a dollop of mayonnaise. This recipe yields 8 servings.

Steps:

• Heat stewed tomatoes. Add Jell-O. Stir until thoroughly dissolved. Add chopped olives, pour into molds, and chill until congealed. Editor's Extra: The lemon Jell-O adds a nice sweetness. This is so attractive in fancy-shaped molds, like the pretty heart pictured on the cover. Also good using olive salad in place of the olives.

Steps:

• Boil all the ingredients - except the gelatin, water, grated carrot, pepper and celery - with the spices tied in a muslin bag, for 30 minutes. Remove the bag of spices, and whirl the tomato mixture (there should be about 1 quart) in a blender until smooth. Soak the gelatin in the cold water, then dissolve it in a cupful of the tomato blend, heated to boiling. Add this and the grated vegetables to the remaining tomato mixture. If time is short, you may mince the carrot, green pepper and celery in the food grinder. Turn into a 2-quart mold rinsed with cold water, and set to chill. Serve the tomato aspic as an accompaniment to cold cuts, herring snacks or sardines. Or, mold it in a ring and fill the center with ham, chicken, lobster or crab meat salad.

Steps:

• Sprinkle the gelatin over 1/3 cup water, and set aside to soften.
• In large saucepan, combine tomatoes, salt, pepper, cloves and bay leaf, and bring to a boil. Lower heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain over a large bowl, pressing on the solids to remove as much liquid as possible. Reserve 4 cups of the liquid, and discard the solids and excess liquid. Add softened gelatin to the hot liquid, and stir to dissolve completely. Add lemon juice and red pepper sauce. Pour into a 4 1/2-cup mold, and refrigerate overnight.
• To serve the aspic, sprinkle with a little water (this helps position the aspic after unmolding), and invert the mold onto a serving plate. Dampen a kitchen towel with very hot water, and wring out. Place towel over mold, and hold tightly for 15 seconds. Repeat process. Holding mold firmly in place, jerk sharply to release aspic onto serving plate. If it does not release, repeat the hot-towel process. Garnish as desired, and serve with blue cheese dressing in separate dish.

Steps:

• Follow the directions on the lemon jello package, substituting the V8 for the water. When the gelatin is disolved, pour the aspic into individual gelatin molds or one mold. Refidgerate until firm. Serve on lettuce leaves and a dollop of mayonase.

Steps:

• 1. Split the tomatoes in half and squeeze the halves into a sieve over a small bowl to remove juice and seeds. Press the mixture in the sieve and reserve the liquid and the pulp.
• 2. Puree the tomatoes in a food processor and pass through a food mill or strainer to remove the skins. (Or peel, seed, juice, and process tomatoes until smooth if you don't have a food mill.) Add the reserved juice to the pulp and measure 2 1/4 cups of tomato.
• 3. Sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 cup tomato pulp in a medium-sized bowl, stir, and soak for 3 minutes. Heat 1/2 cup tomato pulp until boiling, add to the softened gelatin, and stir in to dissolve the gelatin. Add the rest of the tomato pulp, the basil, garlic, hot pepper, salt, and extra virgin olive oil. Divide the mixture into 6 lightly oiled 1/2-cup molds for at least 3 hours. unmold and top with a drizzle of extra virgin.

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup V-8 juice to a boil and pour over gelatin. Stir to dissolve. Add 1 cup cold V-8, onion salt, and Worcestershire sauce. Add celery and pepper, if desired. Pour into mold. Refrigerate until firm.