Savory Seafood Cheesecake

* Exported from MasterCook *

SAVORY SEAFOOD CHEESECAKE

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers Cheesecakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-Sue Woodward
1/2 c Thin wheat crackers -- finely
-crushed
2 tb Butter -- melted
1 sm Onion -- halved
2 pk 8-oz. cream cheese -- softened
2 cn 6.5-oz. minced clams, shrimp
-or crabmeat -- drained
2 Eggs
1/2 c Dairy sour cream
1/3 c Cheddar cheese -- shredded
1 tb Dried dill weed -- crushed
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Hot pepper sauce

Preheat oven to 300~. In a small bowl, combine
cracker crumbs and butter; set aside. Butter a
1.1/2-qt. dish or ovenproof mixing bowl; line the
bottom with a circle of wax paper; butter wax paper;
set aside. In a food processor fitted with a metal
blade, finely chop onion. Add cream cheese, clams,
eggs, sour cream, cheddar cheese, dill, salt and hot
pepper sauce; process until smooth, about 45 seconds.
Pour into prepared dish; sprinkle with reserved
crumbs. Place dish in roasting pan. Transfer to oven;
fill roasting pan with boiling water to a depth of 2".
Bake until a knife inserted in cheesecake 1" from
center comes out clean, about 1 hr. Turn off oven; let
cheesecake remain in oven for 30 mins. Cool on a wire
rack to room temp, about 1 hr. Cover and refrigerate
until cold, 4 hrs. or overnight. To unmold, run a
metal spatula or long knife along edge of pan; invert
onto serving plate; remove wax paper; garnish with
lemon slices and dill sprigs, if desired.

Source: _The Best of Seasonal Celebrations_ by the
United Dairy Assoc.



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