Salmon Cheesecake Appetizer Food

SMOKED SALMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, stir crust ingredients until well mixed. Press evenly in bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake about 8 minutes or until golden brown.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add whipping cream, eggs and salt; beat until smooth. Stir in Gouda cheese, green onions and salmon until well mixed. Spoon evenly over crust in pan.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until center is set. Run knife around edge of cheesecake to loosen. Cool completely at room temperature, about 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 48 hours.
• Remove side of pan. Place cheesecake on serving platter. Top with 2 tablespoons green onions and the caviar. Cut into wedges. Serve with crackers.

SALMON APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Drain salmon; remove any bones. In a small bowl, combine salmon, cream cheese, salsa, parsley and cilantro. Add cumin if desired. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the salmon mixture over each tortilla., Roll each tortilla up tightly and wrap individually. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours. Slice each tortilla into bite-sized pieces.

SMOKED SALMON MINI CHEESECAKE APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Combine cracker crumbs and butter; press onto bottoms of 24 paper-lined mini muffin cups, adding about 1 tsp. to each cup.
• Beat cream cheese, mustard and pepper in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients. Spoon over crusts.
• Bake 15 min. or until centers are almost set. Cool in pan 10 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Refrigerate 3 hours.

SMOKED SALMON CHEESECAKE APPETIZER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix bread crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min.
• Beat Neufchatel in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour over crust.
• Bake 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool completely before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours. Let stand 15 min. at room temperature before serving.

SMOKED SALMON MINI-CHEESECAKES

Steps:

• Combine filling ingredients well in a mixer on medium speed. Roll out each pie-crust as thin as possible. With a 2 1/2" round biscuit or cookie cutter, cut circles of dough and press into sprayed muffin tin, making sure that dough comes up to the edge.
• Spoon salmon mixture into each crust, to the level of edge. Bake at 300 until puffed and just beginning to crack, but not browned. Cool, remove carefully from tin with knife. Repeat process until dough and filling is used up.
• When cooled, these can be frozen on a cookie sheet, then put in a freezer bag. When ready to serve, thaw and reheat in warm oven.
• Garnish with a few capers or a thins slice of baby English cucumber (pressed lightly into center at right angle) atop each.

SMOKED SALMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a 10-inch springform pan, combine the Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs and melted butter together.
• Blend thoroughly and season the mixture with Essence.
• Firmly press the mixture into the bottom of the pan.
• In a saute pan, over medium heat, heat the olive oil.
• When the olive is hot, add the onions and peppers.
• Season the mixture with Essence.
• saute the vegetables for 2 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic and remove from the heat and cool completely.
• Using a food processor, fitted with a metal blade, add the cream cheese.
• Process the cheese until smooth.
• With the machine running, add the eggs, one at a time.
• Add the cream, salt and black pepper.
• Process the mixture until incorporated.
• Remove the mixture from the machine and turning into a mixing bowl.
• Fold the vegetable mixture, Gouda cheese, smoked salmon and parsley into the cheese mixture.
• reseason the mixture if needed.
• Pour the cheese mixture into the prepared pan.
• Place the pan on the middle rack in the oven and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the cheesecake is set in the center.
• Remove the cheesecake from the oven and cool completely before slicing.
• GARNISH: In a small mixing bowl, whisk the creme fraiche and lemon juice together.
• Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
• Fold in the chives.
• To assemble, place a small pool of the sauce in the center of each plate.
• Lay one piece of the cheesecake in the center of the sauce.
• Garish each plate with the red onions, capers, egg whites, egg yolks, caviar and parsley.