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Taco Cheesecake
"This appetizer proves that cheesecake is not just for dessert. Very good and the presentation of this is impressive. Enjoy! HELPFUL HINT: When cutting or seeding hot peppers, use rubber or plastic gloves to protect your hands and avoid touching your face. Prep time includes overnight refrigeration."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 24hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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18-20
ingredients
- 3 teaspoons cornmeal
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 envelope taco seasoning
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup salsa
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup shredded monterey jack pepper cheese (4-oz.)
- 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies, drained
- 1⁄2 cup chopped ripe black olives
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TOPPING
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup sliced black olives
- 1⁄4 cup sliced green onion
- 1⁄4 cup sliced cherry tomatoes
- 1 jalapeno pepper, sliced
directions
- Sprinkle bottom of greased 9-inch springform pan with cornmeal; set aside.
- In mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Add the taco seasoning, sour cream and salsa.
- Stir in the eggs, pepper jack cheese and chilies.
- Fold in olives.
- Pour over cornmeal.
- Place pan on a baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until center is almost set.
- Cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.
- Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool for 1 hour.
- NOTE: top of cheesecake may crack.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Remove sides of pan.
- Spread sour cream over top and sides of cheesecake.
- Arrange olives, onions, tomatoes and jalapeno slices on top in a circular motion.
- I do tomatoes on the outer edge, then green onion, jalapeno, then scatter black olives randomly, within the circle.
- Serve with assorted crackers.
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Reviews
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This is a great party pleaser. I did mix it up a little with another recipe I had by crushing 1 cup nacho flavored tortilla chips and 1/4 C. melted butter, mixed together pressed in springform pan and baked at 350 for 10 min. VERY good either way. Someone at work made and all were asking for this recipe..... -
This recipe was a big hit at every party I took it to. I have given out the recipe to several people. I did make a few changes though. I made a crust out of crushed tortilla chips and melted butter instead of the cornmeal and I also used a can of Rotel instead of salsa and peppers. I put it in a 9 inch square casserole dish, too. Oh, I almost forgot, in order to make it fit the name Taco Cheesecake, I seasoned some browned ground beef with taco seasoning and added that as another layer. Yummy! -
This is such a creative recipe! I absolutely loved it! I now it sounds weird at first, but honestly, it's so delicious. You have to try it! -
By far the best taco dip anc so easy to make. -
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I made this and took it to a Childs birthday party for all of the Moms that attended, It was great I pretty much kept to the ingredients but used chives and cilantro as garnish in addition to the olives and tomatoes.<br/>And It does go a long way!
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Tweaks
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I used taco flavor Doris instead of cornmeal. I also browned ground beef with a little bit of the taco seasoning and made that the next layer then put the cheesecake layer on top. I also only coversed the top with sour cream. -
After reading alot of the reviews I decided to give it a try dispite the name. All I can say is AWESOME, we used the chips instead of crackers and EVERYONE loved and requested the recipe...I told them to come here and join. :-)
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This recipe was a big hit at every party I took it to. I have given out the recipe to several people. I did make a few changes though. I made a crust out of crushed tortilla chips and melted butter instead of the cornmeal and I also used a can of Rotel instead of salsa and peppers. I put it in a 9 inch square casserole dish, too. Oh, I almost forgot, in order to make it fit the name Taco Cheesecake, I seasoned some browned ground beef with taco seasoning and added that as another layer. Yummy!
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This was awesome! I'd found it a while ago but never had the chance to make it until today. I had quite a few friends over so it worked out perfectly. Just a few minor changes I made; skipped the monterey jack cheese (I figured cream cheese was rich enough), used 2 chipotle peppers instead of the chili peppers & spread sour cream just on top of it when decorating since I liked the red color as a contrast. It was very easy, turned out wondeful & tasted even better. Thanks for a wondeful recipe!
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I love to cook, but don't have a lot of time to do it, since I work full time. I like to try a new recipe every Saturday, if time allows.
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<br>I have one grown son and three grandaughters ages 16,10 and 3. The ten year old has won many medals in gymnastics meets over the past few years.
