5 virgin aspic Recipes

vine-ripened tomatoes (about 5), celery rib, loosely packed fresh basil leaves, salt, sugar, unflavored gelatin (about 3 1/4 tsp), water, juice from bottled horseradish, white-wine worcestershire sauce, red-wine vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, assorted small vine-ripened cherry or currant tomatoes, garnish: thinly sliced fresh basil leaves

vine-ripened plum tomatoes, unflavored gelatin, fresh basil or flat-leafed parsley leaves (or a combination ofboth), washed well, spun dry, and chopped, garlic cloves, minced, hot red chili, seeded and minced (wear rubber gloves), ordried hot red pepper flakes to taste, salt, extra-virgin olive oil plus additional for drizzling overaspics

tomatoes, unflavored gelatin, fresh minced basil or parsley or a combination of both, garlic cloves, minced, hot red pepper, minced or chili pepper flakes to taste, salt, extra virgin olive oil plus additional for garnish

apple juice (clear and unfiltered), unflavoured gelatin, unflavoured gelatin, water, garlic clove, salt, ripe tomato, cored and quartered, red bell pepper, coarsely chopped, vidalia onion, coarsely chopped, english cucumber (1 1/2 inch), sherry wine vinegar (preferably reserva ), grappa, sugar, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar (top quality ), mint leaf