When I think about pimento cheese, my mind takes me back to childhood and every holiday. My parents always had a tub o' pimento cheese in the fridge and would spread it over bread, or veggies. I can recall every single Thanksgiving & Christmas, my mother letting me be in charge of putting the pimento cheese onto celery sticks. I never partaked in the eating of pimento cheese, as the color was enough for me to say NO THANK YOU! Strangely enough, this month I received my monthly magazines and in two different ones (one a cooking mag & the other was BH&G) but BOTH had articles about pimento cheese.
Needless to say, I had to go to the store to create my own....no way I was going to eat it out of a tub.
Sharp Chedder cheese (8 oz package)
Sliced pimentos (1/2 of a 4 oz jar)
1 clove garlic
1/2 serrano pepper
S&P
In a bowl I combined the cheese, pimentos then diced the garlic and serrano pepper, add S&P to taste. With a handheld mixer, mix. Strangely enough...this really is pretty good. A great spread. I put it on chips first, but then tried it with a red bell pepper. Now THAT was good!
Sounds delish!
ReplyDeleteIt really was tasty. Almost like a cold, unmelted queso.
ReplyDeleteIt will be a great little dip for the weekends or when we have friends over. The red pepper was amazing in it!