Tex Mex Cheese Cake Recipes

TEX MEX CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Butter spring form pan, coat with tortilla crumbs--set aside.
• Beat cream cheese, ricotta and jack cheese adding seasoning mix and adobo sauce beating in with electric mixer or in a food processor.
• Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
• Separate batter in half--add salsa to one half and chipotles and scallions to the other half.
• Layer in spring pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 45 minutes.
• Spread sour cream sprinkle shredded cheese and bake 10 minutes.
• Cool in pan.
• Cover and wrap in plastic.
• Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• Slide knife around edge of pan and remove to serve. Place on platter and garnish with toppings.
• Scoop with tortilla chips.

SAVORY TEX-MEX CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix cracker crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese and egg in large bowl with mixer until blended. Blend in sour cream. Add shredded cheese, 1/3 cup salsa and cilantro; mix well. Pour over crust.
• Bake 30 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours. Top with remaining salsa just before serving.

TEX-MEX CHEESE STRATA

Steps:

• Arrange tortilla chips in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; sprinkle with cheese and set aside. In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. , In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, onion, chilies, ketchup and hot pepper sauce; pour over cheese. Cover and refrigerate overnight., Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting.