Shelly's Recipe

SHRIMP CHEESECAKE APPETIZER

Category: Seafood

1 cup dry bread crumbs
3 tbsp butter, melted
2 8-oz pkg soft cream cheese
1 16-oz container sour cream, divided
2 3-oz pkg goat or feta cheese
3 large eggs
3 tbsp fresh oregano, minced (or 1 tsp dried, ground)
2 tbsp fresh thyme, minced (or 1 tsp dried leaves)
1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped
1 pound shrimp, *cooked, peeled and deveined

*For this recipe you can buy the per-cooked shrimp or if you prefer buy it raw and boil it yourself.

Combine bread crumbs and butter and press into bottoms of four 4-inch spring-form pans.

Beat cream cheese, 1 cup sour cream and goat cheese until smooth. Blend eggs in one at a time. Stir in oregano, thyme and peppers, pour mixture into pans.

Bake at 325 for 30 minutes. Cool, then cover and chill. When ready to serve chop all but 12 shrimp. Mix chopped shrimp with remaining sour cream and top cakes; remove from pans, garnish with remaining shrimp.

Serve with cut vegetables, or melba toast type bread.