Served at the 2025 Wild Bacon Wine Trail, Adam Puchta Winery
Ingredients:
2 – 8 oz. packages cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup shredded Sharp Cheddar cheese, divided
1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1 tsp. garlic powder
4 oz. can sliced jalapenos
16 pieces bacon
Instructions:
- Preheat oven 350°F
- Combine all the ingredients except bacon and 1/2 cup of Cheddar cheese in a mixing bowl, transfer into baking dish.
- Twist bacon tightly and arrange bacon on sheet pan with parchment paper
- Cook 15 minutes then flip bacon
- Put baking dish of cheese mixture in oven after flipping the bacon; cook both another 15-20 minutes
- When bacon is cooked to desired crispiness, remove from oven and drain grease from bacon on a plate with paper towels
- Add remaining cheddar cheese to top of dip
- Let cheese mixture cook another 10 minutes while bacon cools
- Serve jalapeno cheese dip and bacon warm
*Chef’s note: 370°F is the smoking point for bacon grease, so don’t try to cook it at higher temperatures.
Serve with Adam Puchta Winery Dry Vignoles
