Philadelphia Cream Cheese Recipes Book Food

PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with mixer on medium until well blended. Add eggs. Mix until blended.
• Spray 9 inch pie plate w/ cooking spray. Sprinkle bottom w/ crumbs. Pour in cream cheese mixture.
• Bake for 45 minutes. To reduce cracking, place cookie sheet of water in oven with cheesecake while baking.
• Cool thoroughly. Refrigerate 3 hours.

ORIGINAL PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix crust ingredients well. Line the bottom of a 9" or 10" springform pan and press down.
• Mix filling ingredients together and pour on top of the graham cracker crust.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Reset oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix topping ingredients together and gently pour or spoon over cooled cheese mixture. Bake for 10 minutes.
• Refrigerate a minimum of 6 hours or overnight.

PHILADELPHIA BLUE CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Melt butter (in pot or microwave) let cool.
• Mince garlic.
• Chop basil.
• Mix Philadelphia, blue cheese, garlic and basil.
• Blend until smooth.
• Add lemon peel, lemon juice and pepper.
• Add melted butter.
• Blend well.
• Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• This goes good with crackers or crispy breadsticks (i. e Grisini).

PASTA WITH PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot or pasta pot, fill 3/4 full with hot water and bring to boil.
• Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon of salt and penne and rotini pasta.
• Bring to boil and continue to cook uncovered for about 20 minutes or until el dente.
• Meanwhile, in a large frying pan on medium-high heat add olive oil and butter.
• Add onions and garlic and cook for 3 minutes, stirring often, but do not burn.
• Add mushrooms, sweet red pepper, green pepper and stir fry for 4 minutes.
• Add pesto, basil, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes, mix well to blend.
• When pasta is cooked, drain well but reserve 1/2 cup of cooking water.
• Add pasta and 1/4 cup of pasta water to the mixture in the frying pan and stir well to coat.
• Add the cream cheese and stir well to coat the pasta.
• Reserve the remaining 1/4 cup of pasta water to be used later if necessary.
• Serve pasta immediately.
• Refrigerate any unused portions. Cover with plastic wrap.
• To re-warm the next day. Press parchment paper into a frying pan. Using scissors, cut the protruding parchment paper level with the top of the frying pan.
• Add 1/4 cup of pasta water and the pasta and
• stir to blend.
• Cover the frying pan with a lid and heat the pasta on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Serve hot.