Smoked Salmon and Smoked Gouda Cheescake & Little Smokies

Smoked Salmon and Smoked Gouda Cheesecake & Little Smokies:  Ann & Jason

I got a few odd looks when I said I was making a cheesecake with salmon in it, but I assured my fellow Culinary Couples that it would be delicious, and it was!

A savory version, it is baked in a water bath just like a standard cheesecake.  Due to my "fundamental lack of geometric understanding" per my husband, when I decided to take a recipe that was made in two 4.5" spring-form pans and apply it to fit in my single 9" spring-form pan, I did not realize that the volume was substantially larger, resulting in a flat "tortilla-like" cheesecake.  Nonetheless it did not affect the taste, and some even thought it may be preferable to a thicker cheesecake!

And since you can't have a Smokin' themed dinner without Little Smokies, we also brought a crockpot of those bad boys with homemade barbecue sauce.

Recipes:

Smoked Salmon and Smoked Gouda Cheesecake:
http://theviewfromgreatisland.com/savory-smoked-salmon-cheesecake/
To make this healthier, we substituted low-fat cream cheese and greek yogurt for the sour cream

Little Smokies:
http://www.food.com/recipe/barbecued-lil-smokies-32362