Smoked Salmon Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (fine, dry)
• 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 24 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 8 ounces smoked salmon, chopped
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh is best)
• 1 tablespoon dill or 3/4 teaspoon dried dill, minced
• fresh dill sprig
• lemon slice
• smoked salmon (strips)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 sprinkle bread crumbs into a greased 8" springform pan.
• 3 tilt and rotate pan to coat bottom and sides halfway up; refrigerate.
• 4 in a small skillet, cook onion in butter over medium heat until tender; remove from heat.
• 5 process cream cheese infood processor until smooth.
• 6 add the salmon, cooked onion, eggs, lemon juice and dill; process until completely smooth.
• 7 pour into prepared pan; place filled springform pan into a larger pan and pour hot water into baking pan to come halfway up the sides of springform.
• 8 bake for an hour; turn oven off and let cheesecake cool in oven for another hour with door slightly ajar.
• 9 remove springform pan from baking pan and cool completely on a cooling rack.
• 10 refrigerate.
• 11 when ready to serve, remove sides of springform and garnish as desired.
• 12 serve at room temperature.