Ham Mousse Recipe
Ingredients
| Cooked ham | 1/2 Pound | |
| Grated nutmeg | ||
| 1/2 pt. Espagnole sauce | ||
| Gelatine | 1/2 Ounce | |
| 1/4 pt. aspic jelly | ||
| 2 tablesp. white stock | ||
| 1 drop of carmine | ||
| 1 1/2 gill cream or milk | ||
| 1 tablesp. chopped truffles | ||
| 1/2 gill pale aspic jelly | ||
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Pepper | To Taste | |
Directions
Tie a band of stiff paper round a china souffle dish of about 5 in diameter so that it stands about 2 in higher than the dish.
Pass the ham twice through a mincer and sieve it.
Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Add the Espagnole sauce, which is well coloured and flavoured with tomato.
Dissolve the gelatine in the aspic, together with the stock; colour with carmine and add to the ham.
Whip the cream very lightly and fold lightly into the mixture.
When it is beginning to set cream-ily, pour into the prepared souffle case and allow to set.
Add the chopped truffle to the pale aspic and pour on the top of the mould, when the jelly is cold, but not set.
When set remove paper and serve with green salad.
Pass the ham twice through a mincer and sieve it.
Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Add the Espagnole sauce, which is well coloured and flavoured with tomato.
Dissolve the gelatine in the aspic, together with the stock; colour with carmine and add to the ham.
Whip the cream very lightly and fold lightly into the mixture.
When it is beginning to set cream-ily, pour into the prepared souffle case and allow to set.
Add the chopped truffle to the pale aspic and pour on the top of the mould, when the jelly is cold, but not set.
When set remove paper and serve with green salad.
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