If I am ever asked if there is anything I don’t eat, I usually say, “I’m a bit weird about mushrooms, aubergines and shellfish but everything else is fine”. If I’d been around in the 1930s and 1940s I would have defintely added “and vegetables set in aspic”.
This is just a thing they “did” back then and it’s not a thing we tend to “do” now. And there is probably a reason for that…
Anyhow, this is how Joan’s Veal Mousse turned out.
Did I eat it all? No.
Shall we draw a veil over it? Yes.
If you make this, I would suggest that to unmould it once set, you have a bowl of hot water to dip the container into to loosen it a bit, then gently run a knife around the edge of the container trying not to disturb the olives too much.
I used ground veal that I had left over from Joan’s Meat Loaf which I fried up in a pan before mixing it up with the other ingredients.
It actually tasted nice (the veal was very tasty), it’s just the texture I can’t get to grips with…
Recipe is to be found in the Cooking With Joan Crawford cookbook. Do let me know if you try it!
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I think you are brave even to taste it. It looks like a pineapple upside down cake and the idea of a meat mousse is pretty off-putting anyway. Aspic is just baffling.
Ha ha – I totally agree ducks! Baffling is indeed the word for it.
I think you are brave even to taste it. It looks like a pineapple upside down cake and the idea of a meat mousse is pretty off-putting anyway. Aspic is just baffling.
Ha ha – I totally agree ducks! Baffling is indeed the word for it.