Spam Cheesecake

Recipe Ingredients

		For The Crust
3/4 cup	109g / 3.8oz	Seasoned bread crumbs
1/4 cup	23g / 0.8oz	Ground toasted almonds or pine nuts
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground nutmeg
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Melted butter
		For The Filling
2		Vegetable flavor cream cheese - (8 oz ea)
3		Eggs
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Tomato-basil flavored feta cheese - crumbled
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Chopped black olives
1 tablespoon	15ml	All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon	15ml	Brandy
		(or 1/2 tspn brandy extract)
1		Spam luncheon meat - (12 oz) - grated
		For The Topping
1 cup	237ml	Sour cream
2 teaspoons	10ml	Sugar
1		Major Grey chutney - (10 oz) - pureed
1/3 cup	30g / 1.1oz	Toasted slivered almonds or pine nuts
		Assorted crackers

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

For the crust, in a small bowl, combine all crust ingredients. Gently press into bottom of a 10-inch springform pan or pie plate. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Set aside to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in next six filling ingredients. Gently fold in Spam. Pour into the prepared crust and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until center is almost set.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine sour cream and sugar. Spread over the cheesecake and bake another 10 minutes. Remove cheesecake from oven. Cool to room temperature. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.

Before serving, spread pureed chutney over the cheesecake and sprinkle with toasted nuts around the outside edge. Cut into thin wedges and serve with assorted crackers.

This recipe yields 24 appetizer servings.

Source:
Undocumented, but from somewhere on the WWW

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