Ingredients:
- 2 Cups toasted French bread in 1/2″ dice
- 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
- 1/2 Cup melted butter
- 2 Large shallots, chopped
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 1-3/4 pound 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
- 4 eggs
- 8 ounces “Smoked Salmon Delivered” Salmon
Procedure:
- 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.
- Saute onion in butter until tender.
- Cream the cream cheese.
- Beat in shallot, sour cream, Tabasco, Worcestershire salt and pepper to taste.
- 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 Fahrenheit until set (until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean), approximately 45 to 60 minutes.
- Let cool, and chill thoroughly.