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This Classic Pimento Cheese is a Southern classic. This no-cook appetizer and dip is SO easy to whip together. Jarred pimentos, cornichons, cheddar cheese and mayonnaise make up a dip everyone will love. Serve these with my Buttermilk Biscuits for a Southern classic.
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One of my best friends in college introduced me to the glory of Pimento Cheese. He would eat it every single day at the college cafeteria and it was so funny to watch him be obsessed with such a simple thing. But I get it, it’s a Southern thing. Just like Easy Peach Cobbler, Beet Pickled Deviled Eggs
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Classic Pimento Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 small dill pickles, minced
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey jack
- 1 4- ounce jar pimentos, drained (not rinsed)
- Few turns of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce, I used Texas Pete, which is very mild so do this to taste
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
Instructions
- In a food processor add garlic clove, dill pickle, shredded cheddar cheese, shredded Monterey jack, pimentos, black pepper and hot sauce. Pulse until just combined, stopped and scraping down the sides as needed. Note: This is a personal preference but I like mine with texture. If you like it more smooth, simply pulse some more until you’re at the desired texture.
- Give it a taste and add more hot sauce if you like. Next, fold in the mayonnaise and mix until it’s completely incorporated. Adjust any seasoning or flavoring if you like.
- To serve: some like to serve this cold. I like it room temperature. It’s definitely your call. Serve with chips, crackers or slices of bread.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Pimento cheese is one of my all-time favorite things to put in my face. I add some fresh dill and grated red onions to mine… never thought to add a pickle! I will definitely give it a shot!
I LOVE PIMENTO CHEESE! I could eat it every day, but then I wouldn’t be able to get out the front door. Hubs won’t eat it, so, alas, I don’t have it often. On a burger is the best, but I’d eat it with a spoon right out of the bowl. Like all of it. In one sitting.
Okay lady… you’ve convinced me. I need some pimento cheese in my life:)
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Mmmmm… H&H in NC used to sell a delicious Pimento Cheese “Pizza” – Pimento cheese on heated crispy flatbread with hardboiled egg “pepperonis”! So delicious – I may need to recreate this!
I could eat this everyday, but don’t!!! I do not use pickles, I add a small dash of Worcestershire sauce. I use only Duke’s mayo! Reading this is making my mouth water.
I’m a born and raised southerner (and missing it terribly now that we’re living in NYC), so this makes me soooo happy.
Other uses for this? On top of burgers, and in a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich.
I die.
Those are all my favorite ways to eat it, too!
I had never really even heard of pimento cheese until we moved from Cali to Virginia, but my husband is completely obsessed now. He always runs to the free samples as soon as we get to the grocery store–will definitely have to make this soon!
Pimento cheese is my jam. Such a perfect food for a summertime picnic!
I saw your teaser pic on IG and I loveeee pimento cheese. Yours looks awesome! I’d lick the bowl 🙂 pinned
Pimento cheese isn’t really a ‘thing’ in the UK so I’ve never had it, but I just KNOW I’d love it! Can’t beat a gooey cheese sandwich, I think I’d have been there with Tre and the white bread 😉