Today, a savory recipe: mortadella mousse.
A delicious and flavorful cream perfect for filling savory tartlets, brisee tartlets or white bread baskets for an appetizer or to complete a starter. Ideal for filling savory cream puffs and vol-au-vents, thus enhancing your holiday buffet.
Creating the mortadella mousse is very simple and quick, allowing us to achieve a tasty cream that can be served in many ways, each more delightful than the last. We can put it on slices of fresh bread, on focaccia or on crackers; it can also be used to fill sandwiches, milk wraps, and buns… it’s truly very versatile!
Let’s see together, step by step, how to make this recipe.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for the mortadella mousse
- 8.8 oz mortadella (whole piece)
- 4.2 oz ricotta
- 1/4 cup fresh heavy cream
- 0.7 oz grated Parmesan
Tools
- 1 Scale
- 1 Mixer
Let’s prepare the mortadella mousse together!
Preparing the mortadella mousse is very simple and requires only one step: blend all the ingredients together to get a fantastic cream to use as you like. I even used it to dress pasta! The only advice is if it seems too stiff or dry, you can add a little milk, or if it’s too soft, a spoonful of Parmesan.
In the mixer bowl, place the mortadella cut into pieces, grated Parmesan, ricotta, and liquid cooking cream, then turn on the mixer and blend until you obtain a smooth cream. I didn’t add any salt or pepper because my mortadella was flavorful and seasoned on its own, but you can add a little if you wish.
Try to achieve the smoothest and most homogeneous cream possible if you plan to put it in a piping bag, otherwise the chunks will block the mousse from exiting the nozzle.
Take a photo of your mortadella mousse and post it on social media tagging me (una riccia che pasticcia on Instagram and Facebook) and let me know how you used it.
Una Riccia suggests
The mortadella mousse keeps well in the fridge in an airtight container for a couple of days.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What can I substitute for ricotta in the mortadella mousse?
You can substitute ricotta with robiola or spreadable cheese.
