Vegetables Recipe | Tomato Aspic

A refreshing taste of vegetable juice with crisp chopped celery and onion. Lovely served as a side to my 'Ham Salad for Two,' or any other salad one wants. Makes a lovely colorful touch to a summer evening salad plate.

Ingredients

• 1 (.25 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• ¼ cup boiling water
• 2 cups vegetable juice (such as V-8®)
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce, or to taste
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cloves
• ½ cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped celery

Cooking Directions

1. Fully dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a mixing bowl.
2. Combine vegetable juice, worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and cloves in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf and cloves.
3. Stir onion and celery into vegetable juice.
4. Pour vegetable juice mixture over dissolved gelatin; stir gently to blend.
5. Refrigerate until set completely, about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts

• calories41
• carbohydrateContent8.1 g
• fatContent0.2 g
• fiberContent1.4 g
• proteinContent2.6 g
• sodiumContent345.6 mg
• sugarContent5.2 g