2 cups toasted French bread, diced into
1/2" squares
1/2 cup toasted walnuts (can use pistachios or pine nuts as well)
1/2 cup Swiss or gruyere cheese, grated
1 Tablespoon fresh dill, minced
½ large onion, chopped
1/2 cup melted butter
2 large shallots, chopped
3 tablespoons butter
1-3/4 lb. cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup heavy cream, lightly whipped
pinch of kosher salt
coarsely ground black pepper to taste
Tabasco sauce to taste
dash Worcestershire sauce (OPTIONAL)
4 eggs
1/2 lb. Dejon Delights Smoked Salmon, thinly sliced*
Combine first four ingredients and process in blender or food processor
until crumbled. Add to melted butter and press onto bottom and 2" up
the sides of a well-greased spring-form pan. Chill well. Sauté onion in butter
until tender. Cream in the cream cheese. Beat in shallot, Swiss or gruyere cheese,
sour cream, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce,
(if using) salt and pepper. Add eggs, one at a time, beating briefly
after each addition. Fold in lightly whipped cream. Fold in salmon. Pour into
crust.
Bake at 350 degrees F until set (until a toothpick or straw inserted into
center comes out clean), approx. 45 to 60 min. Let cool, and chill thoroughly. Before
serving, bring to room temperature and garnish with fresh dill, and/or caviar
and serve with good bread (toasted or not) or crackers.
