Creole Tomato Aspic

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 quart spicy tomato juice
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 tablespoons gelatin
• 3/4 cup beef consomme
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons onions, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon tabasco sauce, any flavor

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, bring tomato juice, garlic, mustard, salt, sugar, lemon juice and paprika, bay leaf, and pepper to a boil.
• 2 continue cooking 3 minutes.
• 3 remove from the heat.
• 4 soften gelatin in consommee.
• 5 add gelatin mixture to tomato juice and stir to dissolve.
• 6 remove bay leaf.
• 7 pour into 1 1/2 quart mold and refrigerate.
• 8 combine cream cheese with onion and tabasco and roll into tiny balls.
• 9 chill.
• 10 when aspic becomes slightly firm, arrange cheese balls in mold.
• 11 when all is firm, unmold and serve with homemade mayonnaise.