Free Cooking Recipes

In the United States sweet aspic salads are often served as an accompaniment to meat and poultry, in the place of the more conventional green or mixed salad. This aspic salad could be served with roast chicken or a roast leg of lamb. Almond and Black Cherry Aspic Salad is served with meat or poultry.

6 SERVINGS
1 tablespoon powdered gelatine 4 fl. oz. [1/2 cup] cold water
8 fl. oz. [1 cup] orange juice
4 tablespoons sugar
teaspoon salt
2 fl. oz. [1/4 cup] lemon juice
10 oz. [11/4 cups] stoned black cherries, fresh or canned and drained
3 oz. [1/2 cup] blanched almonds lettuce

Directions:

1. Soak the gelatine in the cold water. Bring the orange juice to the boil. Dissolve the gelatine in it. Add the sugar, salt and lemon juice. Allow to cool to room temperature.
2. When the mixture begins to set add the cherries and almonds and mix gently. Pour the aspic into a 11/2-pint [31/4 cups], wet mould. Chill in the refrigerator until it is firm.
3. Before serving, dip the mould quickly into a pan of hot water. Unmould the salad on a bed of lettuce leaves.

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