Seafoamsalad Recipes

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat 1 cup reserved pear juice to boiling. Pour over lime gelatin in a small bowl; stir until dissolved. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with milk until smooth. Blend in gelatin mixture. Chill in the refrigerator until partially thickened, about 20 to 30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, mash pears until smooth. Fold pears and whipped topping into gelatin mixture. Pour into a mold. Chill until set, about 2 to 3 hours.
• Dip mold in warm water for approximately 5 seconds. Invert onto a serving plate

Steps:

• Combine the quartered celery, smashed garlic, half of the lemon juice, 10 cups water, and salt and pepper to taste in a large saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil, then uncover, add the carrots and cook 2 minutes. Add the shrimp and cook until opaque, about 4 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the carrots and shrimp to a colander and rinse under cold water. Return the water to a boil, add the scallops and cook until opaque, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the scallops with a slotted spoon, add to the colander and rinse under cold water.
• Ladle out 1/3 cup of the poaching liquid; set aside to cool. Dice half of the avocado and combine with the sliced celery, lettuce, capers and croutons in a large bowl. Add the carrots, shrimp and scallops.
• Puree the remaining avocado half in a blender with the reserved poaching liquid, the remaining lemon juice, the caper brine, chopped garlic, mayonnaise, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Toss with the salad and season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the lemon halves and garlic, then submerge a large heatproof strainer in the water. Soak the red onion in ice water while you cook the seafood. Fill a large bowl with ice water; set aside.
• Add the shrimp to the strainer in the boiling water and cook until pink, about 2 minutes; carefully remove the strainer and add the shrimp to the large bowl of ice water. Bring the water back to a boil, return the strainer to the pot, then add the scallops and simmer until cooked through, about 2 minutes; remove the strainer and add the scallops to the ice water. Repeat with the calamari, cooking until they just turn opaque, about 2 minutes. Repeat with the mussels, covering the pot; cook until the shells open, about 5 minutes. Drain the seafood from the ice water and remove the mussels from their shells; pat the seafood dry.
• Drain the red onion and pat dry. Combine the seafood, red onion, celery, fennel, olives and parsley in a large bowl. Drizzle with the lemon juice and olive oil and toss; season with salt and pepper. Let stand 30 minutes before serving (or refrigerate up to 4 hours; bring to room temperature before serving). Top with fennel fronds. Photograph by Con Poulos

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat 1 cup reserved pear juice to boiling.
• In a small bowl add lime jello; pour pear juice over jello; stir until dissolved; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with milk until smooth; blend in jello mixture.
• Chill in refrigerator until partially thickened, about 20-30 minutes.
• In a small bowl, mash pears until smooth.
• Fold pears and Cool Whip into jello mixture.
• Pour into a mold.
• Chill until set, about 2-3 hours.
• Dip mold in warm water for approx 5 minutes.
• Invert onto serving platter.

Steps:

• Fold cottage cheese and cool whip together.
• Add dry jello and mix well.
• Add well-drained pineapple and refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes or overnight.
• Garnish with pineapple tidbits.

Steps:

• Clean the squid and cut the bodies into one-quarter-inch rings; leave the tentacles whole if small; halve them if large.
• Cook the squid in a large pot of lightly salted boiling water until just opaque - a minute or less. Remove with a slotted spoon, drain and rinse immediately with cold water to prevent overcooking.
• Cook the shrimp in the same boiling water until just done - two to five minutes, depending on size. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain.
• Finally, cook the scallops in the same boiling water until just done - two to four minutes, depending on size. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain.
• Combine the remaining ingredients, except the greens, in a large mixing bowl. Toss the seafood in this dressing and marinate, refrigerated, for one to four hours. Correct seasonings and serve on a bed of greens.

Steps:

• Place octopus in a large stockpot with garlic, 1 rib celery, carrot, white onion, bay leaf, and wine. Add 3 to 4 wine corks to pot to tenderize octopus. Place a lid smaller than the pot in the pot to keep octopus from floating and add enough water to cover by 3 to 4 inches. Bring to a boil over high heat; immediately reduce heat to a low simmer and cook, uncovered, until octopus is completely tender and easily pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, 1 to 1 1/2 hours, adding water as necessary to keep covered. Drain octopus, reserving cooking liquid, and set aside to cool.
• Transfer 1/4 cup reserved octopus cooking liquid to a large heavy-bottomed stockpot. Add mussels and place over medium-high heat. Cover and cook until mussels open. Using a slotted spoon, transfer mussels to a large bowl and set aside.
• Add clams to saucepan with cooking liquid; cover and cook over medium-high heat until clams have opened. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to bowl with mussels; set aside. Add squid to saucepan; cover and cook over medium-high heat until squid is translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer squid and cooking liquid to bowl with mussels and clams; set aside.
• Slice tentacles of cooled octopus on the bias into 1-inch pieces and thinly slice body; add to bowl with mussels, clams, and squid. Add radicchio, thinly sliced celery, red onion, parsley, olive oil, and vinegar to bowl with seafood; season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Let stand 2 hours; serve at room temperature.