3 cucumber mousseline Recipes

seedless cucumbers (usually plastic-wrapped; 3 lb total), quartered lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, russet (baking) potato (1/4 lb), onion, chopped, carrot, chopped (1/2 cup), celery rib, chopped, garlic clove, chopped, turkish or 1/2 california bay leaf, fresh thyme sprig, unsalted butter, water, black pepper, salt, scallop and sole mousselines, garnish: thinly sliced smoked sablefish (black cod); fresh chives or fresh dill sprigs

onion, sliced, chopped fresh dill, vegetable oil, chicken broth, fresh lemon juice, seedless cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and chopped, freshly ground white pepper to taste, an 8-oz container low-fat sour cream, beet mousseline, garnish: fresh dill sprigs