As much as I hate to repeat my work, my family had asked me to make the ”Greek Pizza” I had made in October as a nibble for Christmas Day – they all had enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a place in town that had any lamb! I heard from two different stores that their latest shipment was “sub-par”, so they weren’t going to order any more until after the first of the year. So I looked, and LOOKED for another inspiration, but nothing appealed to me – THEN I checked my old file of recipes! I found a recipe for Shrimp Scampi Cheesecake Appetizer that I had bookmarked a couple years ago, and had never made. After going back to All-Recipes.com, and reading all the reviews (which I highly recommend!!), I decided to make an almost half recipe and bake it as a dip instead of a bunch of mini pastries. By “almost half”, I mean half the cheese, 2/3 the cream cheese and cream, half the eggs and salt – full quantity of onion and garlic. I lined & baked two small casserole/large ramekin dishes with a couple buttered layers of Phyllo (big pastries, if you will – should have done three…). Again, as not all members of my family like seafood, I filled one ramekin before I added the shrimp, then went “to town” on the other one and a half (half a pound of shrimp in about 3 or 4 cups – it was Christmas, after all). Served it with a bunch of different crackers - I am in love with the new Triscuits with cracked black pepper and olive oil! Also served a few lemon wedges on the side… Even the kids liked it!!!! The adults raved. With a little nuking (and smoothing of the surface with my addition of a little sour cream on top), the second serving was just as good! It’s very rich, and as my title states, decadent (and a little pricey); BUT, ohhh so tasty! Very easy to make and impressive to all – with or without shrimp. If you REALLY want to make an impression, try using the original recipe’s suggestion of puff pastry cups (or the reviewers’ suggestion of Phyllo cups) – especially for a party. The filling can stand alone as a dip/spread quite well, and you can save yourself a lot of hassle. Happy New Year! p.s. Like so many good recipes, nobody liked the name! I ended up calling it “Shrimp Scampi Cheese Dip”, or if you use the pastry, try Shrimp Scampi Cups… J