{"id":15175,"date":"2014-02-12T12:03:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T20:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=15175"},"modified":"2022-08-16T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:46:29","slug":"be-mine-fingerling-potatoes-with-salmon-mousse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/be-mine-fingerling-potatoes-with-salmon-mousse\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Mine: Fingerling Potatoes with Salmon Mousse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Who loves potatoes? WE DO! And don’t most people? I mean, it’s the original comfort food from the days when folks couldn’t afford expensive meat. In the East, it’s rice, but that’s another post entirely. Honestly, I’ve only met one person who claimed they don’t like potatoes, but they do eat fries, so see – there’s a potato lover in everyone! I don’t know why, but the book Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt just crossed my mind. But let’s not go there… suffice it to say that potatoes sustained them through very hard times and we can be grateful that our lowest days are nothing in comparison.<\/p>\n

Today is all about love and lifting ourselves out of the winter doldrums with romance, champagne, chocolate and precious little finger foods like these bites of tender young potatoes filled with luscious salmon mousse (which happens to pair beautifully with champagne).\u00a0And, even if you don’t have a special someone in your life at the moment, treat yourself to this simple appetizer and \u00a0a little bubbly before diving into that box of decadent chocolates! Champagne and chocolate were meant for each other, and you deserve it!<\/p>\n

Last weekend, a group of us treated ourselves to a pre Valentine’s Day celebration Potatopalooza sponsored by the wonderful people at the Idaho Potato Commission<\/a>. Yes, we celebrated the humble spud and our competent and gracious hostesses, Erika Kerekes of In Erika’s Kitchen<\/a> and Judy Lyness of Two Broads Abroad<\/a>,\u00a0showed us just how creative you can get with this often maligned and underutilized staple. My favorites were the Fingerling Potatoes with Salmon Mousse because I love anything salmon and the silky Cream of Potato Poblano Soup, but there was so much more! Everything from Potato Vodka Shooters to Potato Kale Lasagna Cups to Potato Sweetheart Cakes, we were blown away by sheer deliciousness.<\/p>\n

Cream of Potato Poblano Soup<\/p>\n

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Rainbow of Fingerling Potato Vodka Shooters<\/p>\n

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Potato Kale “Lasagna” Cups<\/p>\n

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Rainbow Potato Pizza<\/p>\n

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You get the picture! It was one heck of an Idaho Potatopalooza and Spuddy Buddy was there – perched atop the baby grand piano, smiling down at the crowd of happy and satisfied guests reveling in potato paradise.<\/p>\n

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\nNow for the recipe by Erika Kerekes for a perfect potato appetizer – deceptively quick and easy, yet elegant enough for a cocktail or dinner party or romantic dinner for two.<\/p>\n

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Fingerling Potatoes with Salmon Mousse<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\tA perfect potato appetizer - deceptively quick and easy, yet elegant enough for a cocktail or dinner party or romantic dinner for two.<\/em>\t<\/div>\n\t
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\n\t\t\tServings<\/span>: 24<\/span> appetizers<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t
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