PrintPimento cheese...what's your best recipe?
While living in Texas as a teenager, pimento cheese on white bread at the downtown drug store was my go-to lunch. Haven't eaten it in years but now hankering this comfort food all of a sudden. Saw a recipe which included shredded sharp cheddar, roasted red peppers & of course Hellmann's---mix lightly & let hang-out in the fridge for flavors to mingle & meld...sounds good:) What's your best pimento cheese recipe? Since we are also talking healthy & less calorie dense foods...any "light" pimento cheese recipes are also welcome!
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13 Comments:
Shredded sharp, some shredded pepper jack, pimientos (of course), cream cheese all into the food processor... jalapenos straight into there is nice, too.
jrtipton at 8:20PM on 01/02/08
The Homesick Texan has a recipe here.
(all the way at the bottom)
HTH.
AdamH at 9:31PM on 01/02/08
Let's try that link again:
http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
AdamH at 9:45PM on 01/02/08
mayo, pimentos, cheddar cheese, salt, lots of pepper and the secret ingredient...pickle juice.
This is the version my grandfather made who worked at a drugstore in Texas in the late 1930's.
amakat at 1:25AM on 01/03/08
Shredded cheddar, pimentos [sic], Hellman's and a bit of grated onion. it's also good going half cheddar, half gruyere (though heretical)
Lilla at 8:08AM on 01/03/08
I like to add a little kick to homemade pimiento cheese. Sometimes it's a little bit of chopped garlic. Sometimes a wee bit of chopped chipotle peppers. Or a dash or two of Tabasco. It's all good.
Library Lady at 10:41AM on 01/03/08
Ooh. Pimiento cheese, pizza and cauliflower. This is the best day on SE in a long time. You guys are making me drool all over my keyboard! :)
My two cents on pimiento cheese: don't even bother buying the crap from the grocery store, unless it's been freshly made at the deli (which is rare). The prepackaged, processed stuff is too disgusting for words.
sheeats at 4:45PM on 01/03/08
What do with pimento cheese besides the standard sandwich? Spread on burgers, stuff celery, scoop onto a toasted bagette?
JEP at 6:34PM on 01/03/08
Mayo (homemade of course), grated, aged, quality sharp cheddar, salt, pepper, chopped pimientos, squeeze of lemon juice and grated onion. It's the best damn thing on a slice of pumpernickel toast that you'll ever eat!
eatnutmeg at 11:13PM on 01/03/08
a teaspoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar.
Rae at 11:50AM on 01/04/08
I tried the recipe from Frank Stitt's Southern Table. It was my first ever pimento cheese. What I recall is that it used sharp cheddar, roasted red peppers, cream cheese, mayo, and hot pepper sauce. I only keep Cholula at my house, and I used plenty of that.
But it made far more than I needed, so JEP, I ended up converting it into a broccoli cheese soup with a little roux, tiny bit of onion and some veggie stock. That was pretty good, too.
renzata at 12:21PM on 01/04/08
If you're looking for a "light" recipe, here's mine:
3/4 c of Hellmann's light mayonnaise
2 c of Kraft or Cracker Barrell's 2% Shredded Cheddar
1/4 jar of roasted red peppers, minced
1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper
Couple Grinds of Black Pepper
Pinch of Salt
Place all your ingredients in a large bowl and stir to combine.
spicedyankee at 9:08AM on 03/04/08
hmmm, I have to add this pretty close to my failures with potato salad. I've been spoiled with the most fabulous pimento cheese that I get when I go back to North Carolina to visit my family, jalapeño pimento cheese from a store called The Fresh Market. No matter how many times I try with various concoctions, I am unable to produce such culinary perfection as Fresh Market.
I hate them for it! *counts the number of days until I go back down to NC for my fix... *13 days, 13 very long days. :(
Southern_bella at 9:16AM on 03/04/08