For a quick and easy appetizer you can try tasty savory mousses. Here are 5 ideas to prepare them
The mousse is not just a creamy and velvety spoon dessert.
Prepared with savory ingredients, it becomes a delicious cream to spread on croutons and on bread and good to eat even on its own.
How to make a savory mousse
Preparing a savory mousse is very simple. If to give volume to a sweet mousse whipped cream is used, for the savory one creamy cheeses like robiola, ricotta and goat or any other spreadable cheese are fine. To make the mousse softer you can add fresh cream and some like it with some butter.
Any ingredient can become the protagonist of a savory mousse in combination with a creamy part. You can prepare infinite types of mousse, with tuna, ham, salmon, mushrooms, vegetables and cheeses. Just blend all the ingredients very well and keep the mousse in the fridge for a few hours.
Mousse and foam
The mousse is a preparation of French origin that can be both sweet and savory. Mousse and foam are the same thing, only the term spume generally refers to savory preparations. To get a really soft mousse, or foam, it is important to first prepare a not too thick mixture which is then filtered with the help of a chinois, before being poured into the glass of a siphon. Only with this procedure can we obtain a really light mousse with an "airy" consistency, as it should be. In general, however, to speed up the process, blend the ingredients together and use them as they are. It is also excellent prepared in this way.
Here are 5 recipes to prepare savory mousses ideal to serve on toasts as finger food for a standing appetizer.
You don't have to cook anything and in a few minutes they will be ready to spread or to serve portion with a pastry bag or inside small glass jars.
Tuna mousse
This is perhaps the best known mousse. It is prepared by blending the same amount of tuna and cream cheese, with a little lemon juice, salt and pepper. It goes well with cucumbers and tomatoes.
Salmon mousse
To prepare this mousse you have to blend 200 grams of smoked salmon with 200 grams of ricotta or robiola and 3 tablespoons of fresh cream. Add salt and pepper and serve with dill and diced avocado.
Mortadella mousse
To prepare this famous mousse you have to blend 200 gr of mortadella with 200 gr of ricotta and 2 tablespoons of fresh cream. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and serve with chopped pistachios.
Gorgonzola mousse
To prepare this mousse, blend 3 tablespoons of fresh cream with 200 g of ricotta and 100 g of gorgonzola. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and serve with diced pears and a few walnut kernels.
Avocado mousse
A mousse with a delicate taste that is prepared by blending the avocado pulp with lemon juice, salt, pepper and ricotta. It is very well accompanied with smoked salmon.
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