SMOKED SALMON MOUSE
8 oz Cream cheese
2 oz Smoked salmon
1/8 ts Lemon juice
2 tb Heavy cream
White pepper to taste
CURRIED ONIONS
6 tb Unsalted butter
4 lg Onions, finely chopped
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 tb Flour
3 ts Curry powder (to taste)
3/4 c Heavy cream
CRABMEAT FILLING
8 oz Cream cheese
4 oz Snow crabmeat thawed/drained
1 Red bell pepper, julienned
-into 1-inch strips
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Salt & Pepper to taste
SALMON: Combine mousse ingredients in bowl of food processor and blend
until smooth. Chill at least 30 minutes. No more than an hour before
serving, soften mousse with wooden spoon and put in pastry bag. Pipe mousse
into puffs. (May also be piped onto cucumber rounds.) CURRIED ONIONS: Heat
3 tbl butter in small skillet and saute onions until transluscent. Season
w/salt & pepper. Melt remaining butter in separate saucepan over med. heat.
Add flour and cook 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add curry powder and
cream. Cook stirring constantly, until smooth, about 5 minutes. Add onion
mixture. If sauce is too thick, add a little more cream. Check seasoning.
Spoon warm
filling into puffs and serve immediately. CRABMEAT: Combine all filling
ingredients in mixing bowl. Spoon into puffs.
--from Martha Stewart Hors d'oeuvres.