Southwestern Cheesecake (appetizer)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 lbs cream cheese (not light or nonfat)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup yellow onion, diced
• 3/4 cup salsa, plus
• 1 cup salsa, for topping (pace chunky brand)
• 3 tablespoons taco seasoning
• 4 ounces diced green chilies
• 5 eggs

Recipe

• 1 spray a 10-inch springform pan with pam nonstick spray and set aside.
• 2 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 3 saute onions in olive oil and set aside to cool.
• 4 beat cream cheese on low speed with salsa, green chilies, taco seasoning and cooled sauteed onion. scrape down sides of bowl and beat until softened and all ingredients incorporate.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time. scrape bowl after each addition. pour into springform pan. bake at 325 degrees in a water bath (place springform pan on a cookie sheet and pour about 1/2 inch of water around it on the cookie sheet) for 50 minutes or until set. remove from oven; cool and refrigerate overnight. unmold. serve, topped with the 1 cup of reserved salsa, with crackers and/or triscuits.