List> messageConverters = new ArrayList>();        
//Add the Jackson Message converter
MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter converter = new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter();

// Note: here we are making this converter to process any kind of response, 
// not only application/*json, which is the default behaviour
converter.setSupportedMediaTypes(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.ALL));        
messageConverters.add(converter);  
restTemplate.setMessageConverters(messageConverters);