Recipe: Black Garlic Cilantro Mousse in Chipotle Salsa

This tantalizing hors d’oeuvre comes from Mexico. The combination of the mildly flavored mousse with the complex flavor of the salsa makes it unforgettable!

Mousse:

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 whole head of black garlic; peel each clove
• 1 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup white wine
• 4 cream cheese bars, 8 oz. each
• 4 envelopes unflavored gelatin (0.25 oz. each)
• Salt, optional
• Cilantro leaves and stems for decoration

Directions

1. Boil water and wine, and then add the chopped onion. Simmer 5 minutes.
2. Add chopped cilantro to the mix. Cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Cool mixture.
4. Dissolve gelatin in a few tablespoons of hot water.
5. Add dissolved gelatin to the mix, blending well.
6. Add cream cheese and peeled black garlic cloves to the mix; mash a little first, then blend with a mixer until everything is well combined.
7. Pour mixture into a mold and refrigerate for at least two hours.

Salsa:

Ingredients

• 7 oz. can of Chipotle peppers
• 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 8 cloves peeled black garlic

Crackers or bread of choice to serve it on.

Directions

1. Cut open Chipotle peppers; devein and deseed them, saving the juices from the can in a small bowl.
2. Add apple cider vinegar and honey to saved juices.
3. Stir in peeled black garlic cloves and the peppers.
4. Blend everything together in a mixer until well combined.

To serve, remove mousse from mold onto attractive serving platter. Decorate with saved cilantro, as desired. Put salsa in a small bowl and serve alongside mousse with crackers or sliced bread of your choice.

Spread mousse onto cracker or bread, then top with salsa. Smile!

Thank you to Luis Palomino Benitez for sharing this delicious gourmet recipe from his native country of Mexico!