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Pimento cheese

A delicious spread popular in The South of the United States. This is the basic recipe.

Ingredients

8 oz cheese (grated, a sharp Cheddar is good)
1⁄4 c mayonnaise
2⁄3 c bell pepper (diced pimento, drained if from a jar)
  seasoning (to taste)

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Cover and chill for a few hours.
  3. Serve with toasted bread, crackers, or celery boats.

Serve pimento cheese over lettuce leaves, or add a little more mayonnaise and use as dressing for a salad.

Use it as burger topping.

Bake it in mac' n pimento cheese, or pimento cheese bites.

Filling for a sandwich, accompanied by tomato slices and lettuce, savory muffins, or deviled eggs.

Filling for a toasted sandwich or breaded chicken breast.

Stuff it in cookies, scones, and individual pies.

Total time
15 minutes
Cooking time
0
Preparation time
15
Yield
1 taza

Notes

Diced pimento is sold in jars in the USA. It can be substituted with roasted red sweet pepper, cooled, skin, stem, and seeds removed, and diced.

This is a basic recipe you will find many variations, nearly as many as cooks in The South. Apart from varying adding a little more or a little less of any of the ingredients, try one or morel of these following variations.

  • vary the type of cheese, or mix different types of cheese, including cream cheese
  • add onion, such as grated red or Vidalia onion, or sliced green onions
  • chopped chili, or substitute part of the sweet pepper with roasted chili, chopped
  • chopped fresh herbs such as parsley, dill, coriander
  • spices such as coriander seed, ground cumin, chili powder
  • vinegar or lemon juice
  • mustard, powder, dijon, or grainy mustard
  • horseradish or hot sauce
  • chopped nuts, especially pecans
  • bourbon

Source

North American cuisine

very easy, chill, meat free
appetizers, snacks, lunch
Southern food recipes
Food in U.S.A.