Bacon, Blue Cheese Savory Cheesecake Kansas City Junior League - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup breadcrumbs, fine
1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
3.5 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
4 large eggs
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 lb bacon
1 medium onion
1/2 lb blue cheese, crumbled (roquefort, stilton, gorgonzola)
salt and pepper
2 -3 drops Tabasco sauce

Preparation

Sprinkle breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese in a buttered water-tight-8 inch round springform pan. Set aside.
Combine cream cheese, eggs, and cream in mixer.
Saute bacon until crisp; drain and chop finely.
reserve 1 tablespoon drippings and saute onion until clear.
Add onion, bacon, blue cheese, salt, pepper, and Tabasco to cream cheese mixture.
Pour into a prepared pan. Set pan inside a larger one; pour boiling water 2 inches deep into larger pan.
Bake 1 hour and 40 minutes at 300 degrees.
Turn off oven and let \"cake\" set for 1 hour.
Remove pan from water and cool 2 hours.