As promised, today I am going to share with you a recipe that uses the jalapeño jam that I made last week. Today we will be making a delicious jalapeño, bacon cheese ball recipe. This cheese ball has bacon running throughout and then jalapeño jam swirled on.
Bacon, Jalapeno Cheese Ball Recipe: The Bacon
For this jalapeño, bacon cheese ball recipe you must first prepare the bacon. The method that you use isn’t very important but it is however important that you cook this until crispy. Biting down on a fatty piece of bacon in this configuration will be very off putting. I used just 1 slice. First crisp it up and then cut it into small pieces.
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Bacon Jalapeno Cheesecake
A cream cheese cheese ball with bacon bits running thoughout and jalapeno jam swirled in. Served with crackers, wheat thins, pepperoni and chips.
Ingredients
Pretzel Coating
- 1/2 Cup of Pretzels
Bacon, Jalapeno Cheesecake
- 3/4 Blocks of Cream Cheese (softened)
- 2 TBSP of Granulated Sugar
- 2 TBSP of Sour Cream or Greek Yogurt
- 1 Strip of Bacon
- 5 tsp of Jalapeño Jam
- 1/4 tsp of Chili Powder
Instructions
For The Cheesecake
- Prepare a 4 inch springform pan by lining the sides with parchment paper. Prepare the bacon by cooking until crispy using your method of choice. Cut into small peices and set aside.
- Place the softened cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or regular mixing bowl if you are using a handheld mixer.
- Beat on medium speed for approximately 5-10 minutes until the cream cheese is smooth. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl.
- Add the sugar and beat for another 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl.
- Add the greek yogurt or sour cream and beat until well incorporated. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl.
- Add the chili powder and salt and mix until incorperated.
- Add in the bacon and fold until the bacon is evenly dispersed.
- Place half of the batter in the prepared pan and then add small spoonfuls of jalapeno jam on top. Then add the rest of the batter and more spoonfus of jam. Using a knife swirl the batter and the jam together until there are ribbons of jam throughout.
- Cover the cheesecake with clear plastic wrap. Put it in the fridge overnight to set.
Pretzel Crusting
- Add the pretzels to a food processor and pulse until you get fine crumbs.
- Use the crumbs to dust the top and sided of the cake.
- Enjoy with things like tortilla chips, pretzels or chips.
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