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Tuna Mousse Recipe

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A delicate mousse to grace your dinner party! Made with tuna, mayo, herbs, cream and served with a refreshing cucumber sauce.

  • Total Cook Time 40 mins
  • Prep Time 10 mins
  • Cook Time 30 mins
  • Recipe Servings4
  • Easy

Ingredients of Tuna Mousse

  • 3 tsp gelatine
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 Tbsp water
  • 1 cucumber - peeled, seeded and chopped
  • 2 tins of tuna fish
  • 125 ml mayonnaise
  • 125 ml whipped cream
  • 2 Tbsp chopped dill/ parsley
  • 4 oranges - segmented
  • Salt and pepper
  • Cucumber sauce:
  • 1 cucumber - peeled and grated
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • A pinch of paprika
  • 150 ml thick yogurt

How to Make Tuna Mousse

1.
Lightly oil a 1/2 kg loaf tin.
2.
Sprinkle gelatine over lemon juice and water in a pan. Dissolve over a gentle flame.
3.
Combine cucumber, fish, mayonnaise, cream, herbs and gelatine.
4.
Season well. Arrange 1/2 in the tin. Scatter orange segments.
5.
Cover with remaining mousse. Chill until set. Serve sliced with sauce.

For the sauce:

1.
Mix cucumber, salt, vinegar and sugar together. Leave for 1 hour.
2.
Drain and reserve 1 Tbsp of the liquid. Combine cucumber, reserved liquid, paprika and curd.
3.
Season and serve with the mousse.
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