.Savory: Smoked Salmon Cheesecake
Source of Recipe
Gemini's MealMaster collection
List of Ingredients
12 oz Cream cheese, softened
1/2 lb Smoked salmon or Lox
3 Eggs
1/2 Shallot, minced
2 tb Heavy cream
1 1/2 ts Lemon juice
pn Salt
pn White pepper
2 tb Granulated sugar
-----YOGURT SAUCE-----
1/2 c Plain yogurt
1/4 c Sour cream
1 tb Lemon juice
pn Salt
pn White pepper
1/4 c Minced chives
Diced red and yellow peppers
-green peppercorns, and fresh herbs for garnish Recipe
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In mixer bowl, whip cheese until very soft. In food processor, puree salmon to paste; add eggs one at a time and the shallot. Place salmon mixture in bowl; mix in cream, lemon juice, salt, pepper and sugar; blend well. Fold into whipped cream cheese. Pour into buttered 7- or 8-inch springform pan. Place filled pan in larger baking pan; surround smaller pan pan with 1 inch of hot water. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until knife inserted off-center comes out clean. Remove pan from water, cool to room temp- erature, about 1 hour, then chill at least 2 hours.
Meanwhile, make sauce. In medium bowl, combine yogurt, sour cream, lemon juice, salt, white pepper, chives and green onion. Chill 2 hours. To serve, cut cheesecake into 6 wedges. Divide sauce among 6 plates, place wedge on each; garnish with peppers, peppercorn, and fresh herbs.
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