Pimiento Cheese?

[leebee]

I just had pimiento cheese for the first time and it's AMAZING!!! Anyone have a favorite recipe to share? I'd love to take it to my daughter's home for Thanksgiving dinner!

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I don't have a good recipe for it, but it is a guilty pleasure of mine. I tried making it before using like miracle whip, velveeta and pimentos. It was OK, but I found it cheaper to buy it pre-made.

 

[Cloudy]

I like this one but southerners would tell you real Pimento Cheese Spread does not have cream cheese.

Master's Pimento Cheese

1/4 cup cream cheese, room temp
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1 T sugar (not in original recipe, but I added it per Paula Dean)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup diced pimentos (I just add a small jar)

 

[loves to dive]

There are a million receipes out there, I've been eating it all my life. And yes @Cloudy, we southerners are going to tell you no cream cheese in it. I'm a purist, just real cheddar cheese, pimentoes and mayo. http://www.southernliving.com/food/kitchen-assistant/pimiento-cheese-recipes

 

[Mermaid02]

I just had pimiento cheese for the first time and it's AMAZING!!! Anyone have a favorite recipe to share? I'd love to take it to my daughter's home for Thanksgiving dinner!

If I recall- you and I are from the same area.... I prefer Pilot's Cheese

 

[Mirielle]

I like this one but southerners would tell you real Pimento Cheese Spread does not have cream cheese.

Master's Pimento Cheese

1/4 cup cream cheese, room temp
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1 T sugar (not in original recipe, but I added it per Paula Dean)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup diced pimentos (I just add a small jar)

This southerner thinks this sounds fabulous! I think it's good to make pimento cheese using the cheese you like best. I usually grate a hot, spicy cheese to make my spread. Many things are truly delish.

 

[leebee]

If I recall- you and I are from the same area.... I prefer Pilot's Cheese

You're right- although Pilot's Grille went out of business several years ago, sometimes I can still find the Pilot's Cheese!

 

[Wendy31]

There are a million receipes out there, I've been eating it all my life. And yes @Cloudy, we southerners are going to tell you no cream cheese in it. I'm a purist, just real cheddar cheese, pimentoes and mayo. http://www.southernliving.com/food/kitchen-assistant/pimiento-cheese-recipes

And it HAS to be Duke's Mayo!

Honestly, however, I can't stand mayonnaise, Duke's or not, so I don't eat pimento cheese.

DH has a really good recipe though that everyone else loves. I know it has cheddar cheese, pimentos, & Duke's mayo in it & doesn't have any cream cheese.

 

[willowsnn3]

I can take it or leave it. I like it with jalepenos. My mama used to make pimento cheese long ago.

 

[shelemm]

What do you mean 'recipe?' you mix three ingredients to your own personal taste. That's not a recipe, that's a shopping list. Mayo, cheddar, pimentos. If you want to avoid the acidic flavor of jarred or canned pimentos - they sometimes have an acid added to preserve them- then char a red pepper under the broiler all the way around. After you let it cool, remove the charred skin and seeds. Chop. That's it.

 

[Mermaid02]

You're right- although Pilot's Grille went out of business several years ago, sometimes I can still find the Pilot's Cheese!

Leadbetters!

 

[brooke789]

I've never made one that was as good as what is available in the stores/restaurants! We love Palmetto Cheese (store bought) and Chicken Salad Chick's pimento cheese (for restaurant).

 

[saucymb]

Pimento Cheese is my JAM! I love it. I've tried all of the store versions, YUCK. My mother-in-law's recipe is the very best I have ever had. It's quick to make and does NOT have cream cheese - that's not in authentic Pimento Cheese. It's good cold as a dip or made into a grilled pimento cheese sandwich.

20 ounces shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup mayo (gotta be Duke's, use a little more if it seems too dry)
7 ounces chopped pimentos (make sure to drain first)
1/4 cup sugar (that's what the recipe calls for, I think it's too much so I cut it in half)
1/4 cup white vinegar

Mix well.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I always just buy it pre-made, but do love it. Pimento Chesse on Club Crackers is one of my guilty pleasures.

 

[Praying Colonel]

a/k/a "Caviar of the South"

 

[amberpi]

I HATE mayo with the power of a thousand suns and my mom never put it in her's growing up. Velveeta, pimentos, usually pepper jack, maybe some ricotta, a little bit of sour cream. I love pimento cheese, when I got out of the hospital after 10 weeks and then a physical rehab facility for another couple of weeks, and was finally home to eat normal food, pimento cheese (on white bread, lol!) was the first food that I wanted. It was the best sandwich I'd ever had in my life. I didn't have an appetite but I actually wanted that pimento cheese, and it was the best.

 

[Mermaid02]

I HATE mayo with the power of a thousand suns and my mom never put it in her's growing up. Velveeta, pimentos, usually pepper jack, maybe some ricotta, a little bit of sour cream. I love pimento cheese, when I got out of the hospital after 10 weeks and then a physical rehab facility for another couple of weeks, and was finally home to eat normal food, pimento cheese (on white bread, lol!) was the first food that I wanted. It was the best sandwich I'd ever had in my life. I didn't have an appetite but I actually wanted that pimento cheese, and it was the best.

Is the Tag Fairy still hanging around?? x1000

 

[Jennasis]

Ugh...Duke's mayo is the worst. If it's made with Helmenns I might give it a try.

 

[amberpi]

Is the Tag Fairy still hanging around?? x1000

I could be the original founder of mayo haters united and all of its various other forms masquerading as something else - like ranch. Don't get me started on mayo's bastard fancy pants lovechild - aioli; just because the name is fancier doesn't make it not mayo. #shudders

 

[Wendy31]

I could be the original founder of mayo haters united and all of its various other forms masquerading as something else - like ranch. Don't get me started on mayo's bastard fancy pants lovechild - aioli; just because the name is fancier doesn't make it not mayo. #shudders

I think I'm a bit older than you, so I'm thinking I may be the original founder of "mayo haters united"! LOL!

I can. not. stand. mayonnaise or anything w/ mayonnaise in it.

We recently went to a local tea room which combines traditional British tea w/ southern cuisine. We had their "afternoon tea", & more than half the things on the tiered tray I wouldn't eat because... mayonnaise - deviled eggs, chicken salad pastry cups, egg salad finger sandwiches, little pimento cheese finger sandwiches...

I've told my DH, the day I willingly eat mayonnaise is the day you know the world is ending.

And mayonnaise is so southern - it's in everything!!

I also can't stand ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, the white sauce at Japanese restaurants (it's made w/ mayonnaise), any other kind of sauce or dressing that has mayonnaise in it, & any form of aioli.

I will not eat sour cream plain, but I will eat it baked/cooked in things.

DH will make me special deviled eggs w/ only mustard. He'll also make me my own pimento cheese w/o mayonnaise.