Savoury Mini Cheesecakes
- Basic Cheesecake
- 3 ounces pretzels
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch fresh ground black pepper
- 1 cup sour cream
- Smoked Salmon Filling
- 1/2 cup chopped smoked salmon
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- fresh dill sprig (to garnish)
- Sun-Dried Tomato and Olive Filling
- 5 tablespoons finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons chopped black olives
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- fresh basil leaf (to garnish)
- Preheat oven to 300u0b0F.
- Spray 3 miniature muffin trays with nonstick cooking spray.
- Process pretzels in food processor until very fine (consistency of dry bread crumbs). You should have 3/4 cup crumbs. Mix with melted butter.
- Press 1 into bottom of each muffin cup. Bake in centre of preheated oven for 6 to 8 minutes or until set.
- Beat cream cheese to blend.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until smooth. Beat in flour, pepper and sour cream.
- Divide mixture into 2 bowls.
- Stir ingredients for salmon filling into 1 bowl and Sun-dried Tomato and Olive filling into the other. Mix well. Spoon about 1 tbsp filling over each tart base. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or just until filling is set. Cool to room temperature on wire rack, then cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours. Run knife around edge of each cheesecake to loosen. Garnish with fresh dill or basil leaf before serving.
pretzels, butter, cream cheese, eggs, flour, fresh ground black pepper, sour cream, salmon filling, salmon, dill, lemon juice, lemon zest, dill, tomato, tomatoes, black olives, fresh basil, fresh basil leaf
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/savoury-mini-cheesecakes-193708 (may not work)